Lee, 21, was diagnosed with two kidney conditions last year that threatened to end her gymnastics career. Instead, she returned to the Olympic Games and won three medals.
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The U.S. gymnast Suni Lee has won the bronze medal in the Olympic uneven bars final, her third medal of the 2024 Games and a remarkable cap to her return to gymnastics after a sudden onset of kidney disease last year had threatened to end her career.
In Sunday’s competition at Bercy Arena in Paris, Lee finished behind the talented 17-year-old Kaylia Nemour of Algeria, whose score of 15.7 won her the gold. Qiu Qiyuan, also 17, of China scored 15.5 to win silver.
For Nemour who was born and raised in France, the gold is extra meaningful. She began representing Algeria last year after the French Gymnastics Federation did not clear her to resume competition following knee surgery in 2021.
