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Why Gymnast Suni Lee Is a Relatable Olympic Icon
Suni Lee is balancing a batch close now.
As the 21-year-old vies for a spot connected Team USA for the 2024 Olympics—which kicks disconnected successful Paris this July—she is moving connected maintaining consistency successful her gym and aforesaid attraction routines.
"I've decidedly been taking a batch of clip for myself," Suni exclusively told E! News connected March 22. "I deliberation that's 1 happening astir this year, I've truly learned to prioritize my well-being and conscionable making definite that everything that I'm doing is adding to my life, not truly taking away."
And to bash that, Suni says she's been journaling, going to therapy, and visualizing her success, adding, "I effort and bash each of the bully things for my caput and my well-being."
After being diagnosed with a kidney disease last year, Suni is focusing connected "getting stronger." In fact, she spends astir 8 hours each time hitting the mat—and, of course, the uneven bars, arsenic good arsenic an further hr for spot and conditioning.
"The kidney illness took maine retired for a mates of months," Suni explained. "I conscionable got a batch weaker due to the fact that I wasn't successful the gym training—I've been doing a batch of carnal therapy and effort to support my assemblage arsenic steadfast arsenic imaginable and feeling bully due to the fact that it's gonna beryllium a truly agelong season."
Which means her outside-the-gym regular is conscionable arsenic important. In her downtime, Suni recharges with online shopping (her favourite stores see Artizia, Lululemon and Nike) and perfecting her quality routine.
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"I absorption a batch connected my tegument attraction erstwhile I'm astatine home," she divulged. "I emotion getting my hairsbreadth and constitution done. It's truthful overmuch fun."
And portion the Minnesota autochthonal looks to Kylie Jenner and TikTok prima Monet McMichael for quality tips, Suni besides has a fewer of her own. In fact, her 2 must-have products for a post-gym refresh are Aquaphor, and Batiste Sweat Activated Dry Shampoo, which she describes arsenic a "game changer" aft her agelong workout days.
"I don't person to lavation my hairsbreadth arsenic much, which is perfect," she continued. "It lasts each time and it's conscionable truthful refreshing due to the fact that it smells truthful good."
And not having to interest astir her hairsbreadth helps Suni stay laser-focused connected competing for a spot connected Team USA. During her clip connected the 2021 team—which besides included Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum and Mykala Skinner—she brought location 3 medals, including a Gold oregon her all-around performance.
And she's not done yet. As she enactment it, "I'm focusing connected getting the skills named and conscionable upping my level of difficulty."
However, erstwhile the Olympics are over, Suni is looking guardant to a break—and possibly immoderate trips to Greece and Thailand.
"I can't hold to fto my assemblage rest," she admits. "This is gonna beryllium similar my clip to spell connected a vacation, non-gymnastics related and beryllium gymnastics-free for a small bit. I deliberation it'll beryllium bully for my assemblage and my intelligence health."
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