Suni Lee reflects on missteps in bars routine but still winning bronze: 'Sad but blessed'
Lee was up first in the competition, performing a routine that lacked the precision and difficulty of her usual routines. Ultimately, she received a score of 14.5, falling behind Russia’s Anastasiia Iliankova who earned a score of 14.833 and Belgium’s Nina Derwael who took the gold with the top score of 15.2.Loic Venance / AFP via Getty ImagesSunday, sharing a photo smiling as she posed with her bronze medal. In the caption, she penned an inspirational message about her performance.
“Olympic bronze medalist on bars,” she wrote. “Definitely wasn’t the routine i expected to do, but i’m so proud of myself for not giving up. disappointed & sad but beyond blessed to say i’m third in the world on bars. wish i could have gotten to show everyone what i am capable of !!”In a press conference after the game, she also opened up about the pressure going into the event.
"I think I just let it get to me, and I lost focus, because I've been so caught up in the media and stuff like that, which isn't good for me," she said. "I feel like I put too much pressure on myself because it's the Olympics. And also, I felt like I wanted to make everybody else happy because I feel like bars is my thing, and a lot of people were really rooting for me. So I kind of feel like I let people down, but it's OK.''"There were so many times in my bar routine where I could have just gave up and jumped off, but I didn't, and now I have a bronze medal. I thought I was done," she recalled.
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