Suni Lee clinches another Olympic medal as Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes make rare public appearance to watch USA gymnast take bronze in uneven bars

Suni Lee added different badge to her postulation erstwhile she took location bronze successful nan women's uneven bars last connected Sunday. 

It brings her badge full astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics to three, aft she won golden successful nan squad all-around and different bronze successful nan individual all-around. 

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria delivered nan country's first golden badge successful gymnastics, while Qiu Qiyuan of China took silver. 

In nan crowd, Lee received support from Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes, who made a uncommon nationalist quality to cheer her on. 

The mates trim a casual fig pinch nan Barbie character donning an Olympics shot headdress while nan Ghost Rider prima wore a brace of acheronian shades. 

Today big Hoda Kotb was besides seen cheering for nan 21-year-old alongside her family and friends. 

The group leapt to their feet astatine nan conclusion of Lee's flawless routine, which earned a people of 14.8. 

Her teammates, including superstar Simone Biles, were besides connected manus to cheer her on arsenic she earned nan aforesaid badge she took location astatine nan Tokyo Olympics successful 2021 for nan uneven bars event.  

The jock precocious reflected connected her travel to nan Games aft being diagnosed pinch 2 uncommon kidney illnesses that kept her distant from competing, and severely affected her beingness and intelligence health.

'From being told that one would ne'er beryllium capable to do gymnastics again to winning my 5th athletics medal!' Lee wrote connected Instagram connected Friday.

'This badge goes deeper than gymnastics,' she added. 

'i can't moreover statesman to definitive really overmuch my wellness has taken distant from maine & nan spot it has taught me, truthful to beryllium present is nan top accomplishment of all. grateful for nan opportunity to beryllium capable to correspond squad USA astatine my 2nd athletics games! convey you for each nan support.'

As awesome arsenic her performances person been complete nan past week, it's been made each nan much awesome fixed she was 'rotting successful bed,' conscionable 1 twelvemonth ago. 

'We didn't moreover deliberation I'd beryllium here,' she told reporters aft nan Olympic trials.

'Everything has been hitting maine for illustration a freaking roller coaster. I haven't stopped crying since, and I'm truthful happy because location were galore times I thought astir quitting and stepping distant from this athletics because I didn't deliberation I'd ever get to this point,' she went on. 

'I wanted to conscionable beryllium to myself that I could do it, because I didn't deliberation that I could.'