Sunisa Lee shares glimpse of latest practice session a month after Winter Cup return

American gymnast Sunisa Lee recently shared a glimpse of her training session on social media ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old was last seen at the Winter Cup in Louisville on February 24.

Suni Lee, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics all-around gold medalist, recently made her comeback to gymnastics at the 2024 Winter Cup. The gymnast had been suffering from a “non-gymnastics” kidney-related issue for nearly a year. However, Sunisa Lee’s return to the sport in Louisville was not a smooth undertaking. The gymnast happened to lose her grip on the bar while attempting a layout Jaeger with a full twist.

After her experience at the Winter Cup, Sunisa Lee has returned to the gymnasium to prepare for the upcoming championships. She shared a glimpse of herself performing a couple of flips on the bar on her Instagram story.

Sunisa Lee's Instagram story (Image via Instagram/sunisalee)

While taking part in the Winter Cup last month, Sunisa Lee had hoped to make it to the Baku World Cup scheduled from March 7 to 10. However, she scored just 11.800 on the bars, missing out on a significant move. The American gymnast also slipped off the apparatus while performing her balance beam routine which left her with a score of 12.900.

Her overall rank in bars was 26th and 13th on the balance beam. She expressed her disappointment to reporters afterward:

"You can't get anywhere without failing,” the 21-year-old said. “I think I just take that with a grain of salt. Obviously, I'm sad and I'm going to be mad about it for a really long time, but it's okay.”

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Sunisa Lee shares her self-care regime ahead of Paris Olympics 2024

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In 2023, Suni Lee announced her early exit from her NCAA career at Auburn University to deal with her kidney disease. Lee's health kept her at a distance from gymnastics for several months.

In a recent interview with E! News, Lee said that she started to make time for herself during this hiatus. The former Auburn gymnast stated:

"I've definitely been taking a lot of time for myself. I think that's one thing about this year, I've really learned to prioritize my well-being and just making sure that everything that I'm doing is adding to my life, not really taking away."

Lee also reflected on her kidney-related disease:

"The kidney disease took me out for a couple of months," Suni explained. "I just got a lot weaker because I wasn't in the gym training—I've been doing a lot of physical therapy and try to keep my body as healthy as possible and feeling good because it's gonna be a really long season."