Lee’s performance at U.S. Championships lifted by Biles pep talk

Sunisa Lee of Midwest Gymnastics Center performs on the balance beam, on June 2, during day two of the women’s 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.Sunisa Lee thought her chances of making the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics had crumbled after an awful vault at the national championships earlier this month but some words of encouragement from teammate Simone Biles helped to turn her meet around.

Since winning gold in the all-around at the Tokyo Olympics Lee has spent time sidelined with kidney illnesses and needed a strong performance at the pressure packed competition to stay in the running for the five-person Paris squad.