With Russia’s women’s gymnastics team leading by more than a point and Simone Biles abruptly out of the competition in Tuesday’s team final, it fell to Sunisa Lee, anchoring the United States on the uneven bars, to keep the Americans’ gold medal hopes alive. It was, Lee said afterward, “the most pressure I’ve ever felt in my life.”It didn’t show. (Three Russians placed in the top six on bars in the qualifying round.) Lee’s numbers could, and if the United States was to stay at all competitive for the gold medal, she had to come through. Lee, 18, scored 15.2 on bars in qualifying, second only to Nina Derwael of Belgium, who scored 15.366.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2021 18:56 UTC