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Inside Suni Lee‘s road back to the Olympics


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St. Paul’s Suni Lee is once again a gold medalist. On Tuesday, Team USA won gold in the team competition.


Lee has several more chances to win individual medals. Thursday she’ll be competing in the all-around final. And on Sunday she’ll be competing for a medal in her specialty, uneven bars, as well as beam.


The road back to the Olympics has been anything but easy for Lee. She was diagnosed with two kidney diseases in 2022 and had to stop training. And a new, New York Times profile reveals she was also dealing with stalkers and mental health issues.


Juliet Macur is the reporter behind the profile. She also is in Paris, and was at the team finals on Tuesday. Macur joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to share more about her inside look into Suni’s career.

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