“I Would Be Locked Up..”- Olympic Gold Medalist Suni Lee Opens Up on the Struggles She Faced During School

If any gymnast has impressed the world with her remarkable talent after the legend Simone Biles, it is certainly Suni Lee. She has proved on several occasions that the future of US gymnastics is in great hands. Suni is currently one of the best gymnasts in the world and her performance in the recent NCAA championship has been immaculate. However, do you know that the Olympic champion is actually a very shy kind of person?

Although the Tokyo Olympics victory came with a lot of self-doubts for her, Suni Lee continued with her routine and got better each day. It is her hard work and dedication that got her five perfect tens in this season. Furthermore, if she goes on with her current form, team USA can surely count on her for a gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Suni Lee loves online school more than being in an actual class

In an interview, the Olympic champion revealed that due to her shy nature, she loves online school. Suni said, “So I was like that weird, awkward kid that nobody would talk to. So when I came to college, I did online when I was in sixth grade and then I went to regular school in eighth grade, but then went online.”

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Sharing her school experience, she further added, “I was like so shy; it was so awkward that I would never talk to anybody. I would be locked up in my own classroom just by myself doing my schoolwork.”

Who won the 2022 Regional gymnast of the year title?

Yes, you guessed it right. It couldn’t be anyone other than Suni Lee given her spectacular form in the championship this season. During her freshman year at the Auburn, the champion also won the SEC Freshman of the Year title and now she is honored with another prestigious award.

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It is only because of Suni Lee that the Tigers have made it to the regional finals since 2016. Furthermore, it would be an extraordinary achievement if she can also deliver a championship to Auburn.