
Team USA’s Sunisa Lee reacts to winning the gold medal in the women’s individual all-around final.
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An ecstatic Sunisa Lee tops the winners’ podium at the Tokyo Olympics.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Sunisa Lee, 18, rose to the occasion after teammate Simone Biles took herself out of the competition, winning the top medal in the individual all-around final.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee, of St. Paul, Minn., competes on the vault in the all-around final.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

Sunisa Lee competes on the floor exercise. Lee is the fifth straight American woman to win all-around gold at the Olympics.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

On the beam, Sunisa Lee executes a move. During the final, she almost fell while executing a wolf turn, a move in which the gymnast crouches on one leg and rotates while extending the free leg. But she saved it and finished strong.
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Lee is a star on the uneven bars, packing seven release skills into her routine. By connecting almost all of them, she banks critical bonus points that add up to the most difficult bar set in the world.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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