Suni Lee with perfect 10s What is the number of score perfect did Olympic gymnasts get during the games at Auburn?
Suni Lee played at Auburn during the time between her first and second Olympic performances. What was the average number of outstanding 10s she scored during her college days?
By Austin Curtright
July 28, 2024, 10:03 AM
The most recently held Olympic Games, Suni Lee was awarded the all-around gold medal. In addition, she won silver in the team competition as well as a bronze medal on bars with uneven surfaces. With all the medals that she took home, her only accomplishment was being the best gymnast at her college.
In between her Tokyo Olympics and her anticipated 2024 Paris Olympics performance, Lee finished second in the all-around race in the 2022 NCAA championships. She also was the first to compete to compete on balance beam while she was a member of the Auburn Tigers. Lee competed all through the 2022 season and in 2023. Lee ended her career earlier due to being diagnosed with a kidney issue.
She did not then stay to Auburn for a couple of days to prepare to leave for Paris.
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The following year, Lee was chosen for the Olympics alongside Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera. Lee was the first athlete in the overall competition third on an uneven bar, as also fifth on the the balance beam and seventh on floor exercises in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Here’s an account of Lee’s dominance during her only NCAA time during her time at Auburn:
Suni Lee has perfect 10-s in Auburn
The most difficult task in gymnastics is to reach the perfect 10. Lee has achieved this feat 9 times in less than two years during the time he was at Auburn.
Lee finished in 2022 with five perfect 10 with three of them on beams with two of them on bars. Lee then completed her 2023 race however she was unable to complete her 2023 campaign due to an illness. She scored 4 top tens (two on beams and 2 on bars).
The first 10 years of her perfect in 2022 would constitute 2022’s Tigers the first time they was flawless as a team over 18 years, according to the Auburn bio. Then she completed her season with four perfect 10s, en route to finishing second in the national all-around competition and a bead championship.
The final year she played in Auburn, Lee recorded four perfect 10s in just eight matches before the game was cut short because of kidney issues.
- 2023 Perfect 10s in four spots (two on beams and two on bars)
- 2022 five perfect 10s (three on beams 2 on bars)
U.S. Olympic gymnastics roster 2024
Here are five gymnasts who women from the United States are bringing to the 2024 Paris Olympics:
- Suni Lee (second Olympics)
- Jordan Chiles (second Olympics)
- Jade Carey (second Olympics)
- Simone Biles (third Olympics)
- Hezley Rivera (first Olympics)