Suni Lee has expressed her astonishment at the 2024 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships Finals.
The National Championships finals were slated for Saturday, April 20, at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring four teams who paved their way through the regionals and semifinals. The ultimate showdown witnessed a clash between the LSU Tigers, Utah Red Rocks, California, and Florida Gators.
After the concluding face-off, the purple and golden pack went on to clinch their first national championship. The LSU Tigers achieved the historic victory after dominating the finals with 198.2250 points.
The 2020 Olympic gold medalist and the former Auburn Tigers gymnast took delight in watching the final showdown. She then took to social media to share her amazement as the electrifying finals impressed her.
She shared the picture revelling the finals and wrote:
"This final is insane omg," Lee wrote and added a teary emoji."
The No. 2 Tigers topped the finals after the No. 3 California women's team, No. 5 Utah Red Rocks gymnastics, and No. 4 Florida Gators posted 197.8500, 197.8000, and 197.4375 points, respectively.
"I’ve been getting a lot stronger" - Suni Lee ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics after navigating through kidney issues
Suni Lee is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist in the all-around event. She also secured a silver and a bronze medal in the team and uneven bars event, respectively.
The Olympian navigated through a rough patch after suffering kidney issues and had to end her college gymnastics career prematurely. Unfazed by the adversity, she returned to the mat, competing at the 2024 Winter Cup but fell short of getting a new element named after her, which he had locked her eyes on.
However, in a recent interview with Olympics.com, the 21-year-old expressed her ongoing struggle with improving stamina, while exhibiting confidence in her progress on the vault.
“It’s kind of been hard because my stamina is just not fully there yet,” Lee said. “We’re just working on getting my stamina up and, then, cleaning everything up.”
“Vault is actually coming back really well,” the Olympian continued. “I’ve been doing a lot of extra strength training on the side, so I’ve been getting a lot stronger and all of my tumbling and my vault has been coming back pretty easily.”
Lee is expected to compete at the upcoming U.S. Classic scheduled on May 17 and 18 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.