Current:Home > reviewsOlympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee won't be part of US team at upcoming world championships -Ascend Wealth Education
Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee won't be part of US team at upcoming world championships
View
Date:2025-04-15 06:17:36
Reigning Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee will not compete at the world gymnastics championships next month after declining an invitation to the selection camp.
USA Gymnastics did not say why Lee "opted not to participate" at next week's camp in Texas, where 19 gymnasts will be competing for spots on the five-woman team. But Lee's training has been limited the last six months because of a kidney issue that forced her to end her final NCAA season early, and she only did balance beam and vault at last month's national championships.
Longtime coach Jess Graba said then Lee was training all for four events and planned to do the all-around at selection camp. But he also said her training schedule depended on how she was reacting that day to the medication she's taking.
"She's training pretty good when we can train," Graba said. "It's more of a balancing act. They're still monkeying with the medication to try to get it so she reacts the same way each day. As they're adjusting the medication, then some days aren't very good so we have to adjust our training and sometimes we don't train that day."
Lee has not competed internationally since winning the all-around gold in Tokyo, opting instead to go to Auburn after Tokyo and compete there for two years. She announced earlier this year she'd be leaving school at the end of the season to train for next summer's Paris Games, and the expectation was her comeback program would include the world championships.
Instead, she'll be watching from home as her fellow Americans try to win a record seventh consecutive title at the world championships, which begin Sept. 30 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The team is likely to be led by four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles, who won a record eighth national title after returning to competition last month for the first time since Tokyo. Fellow Olympians Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles are also vying for spots as is Shilese Jones, the silver all-around medalist at last year's world championships.
Skye Blakely and Leanne Wong, members of last year's world team, will also be at the Sept. 19-20 selection camp.
The other gymnasts invited to the camp are: Kayla DiCello, Amelia Disidore, Addison Fatta, Madray Johnson, Katelyn Jong, Kaliya Lincoln, Eveylynn Lowe, Nola Matthews, Zoe Miller, Joscelyn Roberson, Tiana Sumanasekera, Lexie Zeiss and Alicia Zhou.
veryGood! (3674)
Related
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Horoscopes Today, December 21, 2023
- Are COVID-19 symptoms still the same? What to know about this winter's JN.1 wave
- How to watch 'Love Actually' before Christmas: TV airings, streaming info for 2023
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Internet decor legends redefine the Christmas tree
- 2 found dead in submerged car after police chase in Pennsylvania
- Tesla moves forward with a plan to build an energy-storage battery factory in China
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- 'Ultimate dream' is marriage. But pope's approval of blessings for LGBTQ couples is a start
Ranking
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
- Save 57% on the Tarte Sculpting Wand That Slims My Face After Eating Too Many Christmas Cookies This Year
- Missouri school board that previously rescinded anti-racism resolution drops Black history classes
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Grocery store hours on Christmas Eve 2023: Costco, Kroger, Publix, Whole Foods all open
- Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats
- Travis Kelce's Shirtless Spa Video Is the Definition of Steamy
Recommendation
Travis Hunter, the 2
Lone gunman in Czech mass shooting had no record and slipped through cracks despite owning 8 guns
Judge keeps Chris Christie off Maine's Republican primary ballot
Exclusive: Sia crowns Katurah Topps as her favorite 'Survivor' after the season 45 finale
Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after a rebound on Wall Street
Pakistan’s top court orders Imran Khan released on bail in a corruption case. He won’t be freed yet
Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return