PARIS — When her confidence waned and her body only began to tickle the fringes of normalcy, Sunisa Lee turned to her comfort zones. Though an exceptional all-around gymnast, she is especially gifted on the uneven bars.
As she slowly made her way back from two debilitating kidney diseases, it was the bars that helped restore Lee. She felt at home there, so comfortable that she started to tinker with a new release move, hoping to have it named after her. Her coach, Jess Graba, supported the plan, encouraged her to do anything that would “get her out of bed in the morning,’’ after the side effects of her kidney
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