Suni Lee competed on three event at the 2024 core hydration.tokyo Olympics.
:physical exercises designed to develop strength and coordination#competitive sport in which individuals perform optional and prescribed acrobatic feats mostly on special apparatus in order to demonstrate strength, balance, and body control.Suni Lee competed on three events at the 2024 Core Hydration Classic, finishing second on the balance beam and performing her first floor routine since the Tokyo Olympics.
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00:00Here is Suni Lee.
00:21When I watched her in training, she just looked so strong and so much healthier than when I'd seen her in last year.
01:01Falling out of that turn, but the artistry is what I'm noticing about this routine. Of course, there's increased deductions.
01:11The judges are looking for body movement, elongation, and she's doing a really nice job of continuing that throughout this routine.
01:30The reigning Olympic all-around champ, Suni Lee.
01:46There's the number for Suni Lee, and even 13.
01:49A moment ago, Suni Lee on vault.
01:54So we saw Suni open up on floor, but the 21-year-old from St. Paul on vault.
02:01There's a look.
02:06She told us, shockingly, bars and vault have been the hardest to build stamina.
02:11She said her legs still aren't as strong as she wants them to be.
02:18Yurchenko fall, so not as much difficulty as some of the athletes in the competition.
02:24We say the word Yurchenko a lot. That's a round off on the board. Backhands spring onto the table.
02:2913.15, the number in that yellow. So, not green, but not red either.
02:34Suni Lee, ready to go on balance beam.
02:37You talk about the confidence, and I'm laughing because everyone, you know a gymnast.
02:43It's a sport that breeds type A perfectionists, so even though you win an Olympic gold medal, you still have to continuously prove to yourself that you're confident and comfortable on the event, just like Suni Lee.
02:58We talked about her pacing this comeback after two different types of kidney illnesses, which she describes as in remission right now, still getting treatment, figuring things out, but not a part of the all-around tonight.
03:18Floor, vault, and this beam, three of the four.
03:22She won beam at American Classics, and she looks really good and didn't even do her full difficulty at that competition.
03:31Talk about an athlete that says she's only between 60 and 75% and is winning competitions here on balance beam.
03:40Beautiful, dynamic, aggressive triple series.
03:56Adjustment, big deduction with that leg up, and broken connection.
04:02That's a gainer layout full, so with that dismount, it actually adds three-tenths more than a gainer in a tuck position, so her coaches were really excited about the upgrade on the dismount.
04:22An illness different than injuries, but we've seen her come back from injury before.
04:27Remember the U.S. Championships, two-time U.S. all-around silver medalist, and not feel ready, not feel entirely prepared, and be very good in the moment.