WASHINGTON — Days after clinching a medal in the all-around competition, Suni Lee is atop the podium once more.
The American gymnast won a bronze medal in the women's uneven bars final.
Lee, who helped Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women win a team gold earlier this week, was the only gymnast representing the U.S. in the competition.
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour earned gold over taking China's Qiu Qiyuan, who settled for silver.
Lee has spent much of the last 15 months dealing with multiple kidney diseases that have limited her training. She didn’t really get serious about Paris until December. And seven months later she’s already picked up three medals.
Lee’s six career medals leave her one behind Shannon Miller for the second most by an American gymnast. Lee could match Miller in the balance beam final on Monday.
Nemour delivered a historic win for Algeria, the country's first gold medal in gymnastics.
Nemour is French and still trains in France but switched to compete for Algeria following a dispute with the French gymnastics federation and Nemour’s club of Avoine Beaumont, which has led the gymnast to embrace her father’s Algerian nationality.
The 17-year-old is a wonder on bars, swooping from one to the other with a series of releases and intricate hand maneuvers that are both athletically and technically demanding.
While Nemour competes under a different flag — she draped the Algerian banner behind her after clinching her victory — she was very much on home soil. A raucous ovation followed after she won the first-ever gymnastics medal for Algeria.
Lee made it a point after U.S. Olympic trials to emphasize that a gold on beam — an event where her singular elegance shines through — would be the ultimate prize in France.
It's still on the table. Not bad for someone whose winding path to Paris included the kind of roadblocks she never imagined when she left Japan a champion.