Which U.S. gymnast won the Tokyo 2020 women's Olympic all-around title?

Which U.S. gymnast won the Tokyo 2020 women’s Olympic all-around title? Sunisa Lee won the women’s artistic individual all-around title at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The final took place on July 29, 2021, at Tokyo’s Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Lee totaled 57.433 points across vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise, edging Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who won silver, while Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee took bronze.

The Games were officially called Tokyo 2020 but were held in 2021 after postponement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lee’s victory continued the United States’ winning streak in the women’s Olympic all-around, which had begun with Carly Patterson in 2004. She also became the first Hmong-American Olympic champion and the first Asian-American Olympic champion in women’s artistic gymnastics.

Simone Biles, the defending champion and leading American qualifier, withdrew from the final after stepping away from the team competition because of a mental-health-related episode involving the ‘twisties.’ Lee therefore became the United States’ all-around representative and delivered the gold-medal performance.