As the nation and the world watched, Sunisa Lee won the gold medal in the individual all-around gymnastics competition on Thursday, continuing a U.S. victory streak that began when Carly Patterson earned the title in 2004.
Lee began her competition on the vault, which she executed cleanly.
She nailed her double-twisting Yurchenko with just a slight pike on the landing — meaning she wasn’t as straight as the judges would prefer — for a score of 14.6.
“I wonder if she’ll ever cease to amaze us,” said John Roethlisberger, the NBC commentator and Olympian.