Lee grabs all-around gold for U.S. as Biles watches on
The Peninsula
TOKYO: Sunisa Lee claimed the coveted all-around gold medal many expected to see go to her United States team mate Simone Biles on Thursday, as the Tokyo Olympics gymnastics competition moved on without its biggest star.
With Biles watching from the front row at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Lee clinched gold in the all-around to secure the title for the United States' for a fifth consecutive Games on the final rotation - the floor exercise - to post a winning total of 57.433. Surprise package, 22-year-old Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, who had topped the rankings most of the evening, grabbed the silver for her country's first ever medal in women's gymnastics.
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