Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Suni Lee left Tokyo with the audacious plan of keeping her commitment to compete for Auburn University. Now she’s making a second Olympic run for Paris in 2024–and acknowledging she can’t do it all.
with an ambitious plan
: capitalize on her new fame at the same time as she kept her commitment to attend Auburn University and compete in college gymnastics. To pull it off, she had to defer other things—including training for international competition and a decision on whether she would make a second Olympic run for the 2024 Games in Paris.
One year in, she’s addressed that tension. In a carefully recorded video posted on social media this week, Lee announced that she won’t compete for Auburn past her sophomore season, in order to resume preparation for elite events. In the end,Continue reading your article with
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