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Get to know Suni Lee: 5 facts about the American gymnast who won gold in Olympic all-around

She’ll attempt the most difficult uneven bars routine in the world.

UPDATE: Lee won gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around! So we’re re-publishing this post from earlier in the month.

For the Tokyo Olympics this summer, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. Leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re highlighting 23 athletes in 23 days. Up next up is Suni Lee.

It hasn’t been an easy road to Tokyo for Suni Lee, who’s overcome a number of obstacles to secure a spot on Team USA’s women’s gymnastics team as the squad’s top qualifier only behind superstar Simone Biles.

Lee, an 18 year old from Minnesota, will make her Olympic debut at the Tokyo Olympics, where she’ll certainly draw attention with her world-class uneven bars routine, which gives her a chance to contend for several medals, ranging from team competition to all-around to event finals.

Here are five things to know about Lee ahead of this summer’s Games.

Get to know Caeleb Dressel: 5 facts about Team USA’s versatile sprinter who could win up to 7 Olympic medals

Caeleb Dressel already has two Olympic golds, but he could win a lot more at the Tokyo Olympics.

Although swimming fans are well-versed on the incredible talents of Caeleb Dressel, the 24-year-old sprinter isn’t quite a household name among general sports fans — yet. Because with his outrageous speed and versatility, he’s in position to bring home a ton of hardware and be a star of the Tokyo Olympics.

The former Florida Gators swimmer is headed to his second Olympics after competing in the 2016 Rio Games, when he won two medals. But since then, he’s picked up some speed, along with 13 total world championships.

So ahead of Dressel’s second Olympics, here are five things to know about Team USA’s swimming superstar and team captain (along with Simone Manuel, Ryan Murphy and Allison Schmitt).

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Get to know Allyson Felix: 5 facts about the 5-time Olympian looking to make U.S. track and field history

Allyson Felix is on a quest to become the greatest track athlete ever.

Allyson Felix is a name that people can easily take for granted.

When the Olympics come around, she’s always a name you hear being brought up by the broadcast crew. She’s never been the most flashy name, she’s never been the most hyped.

But she’s always been there and, most importantly, she’s always dominated.

Felix is one of the most decorated track stars in U.S. history. She’s done nothing but when medals on the biggest stages. She absolutely dominated in the 2016 games in Rio with three total medals, and she’s looking to do the same in Tokyo while making a little bit of history.

At Olympic Trials in June, Felix qualified for her fifth Olympic Games by finishing second in the women’s 400-meter final with a time of 50.02 seconds. She won silver in the event in 2016. This time around, she failed to qualify for the 200-meter race — the individual event in which she won gold at the 2012 London Games and silvers in both the 2008 Beijing and 2004 Athens Games.

Here’s what you need to know about one of Team USA’s best athletes.

Get to know Alix Klineman and April Ross: 5 facts about the United States’ new top beach volleyball pair

April Ross is an Olympic veteran. Alix Klineman has been waiting for this chance.

While much of the attention surrounding the U.S. Women’s Beach Volleyball team will focus on who isn’t there — Keri Walsh Jennings will miss her first summer Olympics of the century — you should go ahead and get to know what would have been the country’s best medal hope, anyway.

Alix Klineman, 31, and April Ross, 39, finished tied for first in the FIVB provisional Olympic ranking. They’ve been so dominant since teaming up in 2018 that they were able to clinch a spot in the Games by winning a tournament in March to secure one of the United State’s two spots in Tokyo (other squads had to wait until June for their status to be figured out.)

Here are some facts you should know about Ross and Klineman.

Get to know Sam Mikulak: 5 facts about Team USA’s veteran Olympic gymnast

Sam Mikulak is back for his third Olympic Games.

Sam Mikulak is out on the gymnastics floor proving that age is just a number.

At 28 years old, Mikulak is about to be a three-time Olympian, and the six-time U.S. all-around champion is the only member of Team USA’s men’s gymnastics team with Olympic experience. He’ll also be the first U.S. gymnast to compete in three Olympics since Blaine Wilson in 2004.

After dealing with several injuries in the last year, the Newport Beach, California native finished fourth at Olympic Trials. He’s joined by Brody Malone, Yul Moldauer, Shane Wiskus and Alec Yoder.

In the 2012 London Games, Mikulak finished fifth on vault, and in the 2016 Rio Games, he was fourth on high bar (also called the horizontal bar), eighth on floor and seventh in the all-around competition. The U.S. also came in fifth in the team competition in both those Games.

And now he’s off to Tokyo to compete for his first Olympic medal. Here are five things to know about Mikulak.

Tokyo Olympics: Meet some of the world’s best athletes ahead of the Summer Games

We’re spotlighting 23 athletes in the 23 days leading up to the Tokyo Olympics.

Five years after the Rio Games, the Olympics are finally returning, and the best athletes in the world are preparing to put on a show and, they hope, bring some hardware home.

In the weeks leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we here at For The Win are rolling out a ton of Olympics content to get you ready for the Games, including spotlighting some of the top athletes.

And we’ve got them all right here in one handy place.

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Get to know John John Florence: 5 facts about Team USA’s surfer making his Olympic debut

Meet the surfer competing for Team USA.

There were some concerns that the knee injury John John Florence suffered in May would keep him out of the Olympics.

But as the two-time world surfing champion showed in June, he was able to get back on the board and continue his run to Tokyo to compete in the sport that will be making its debut at the Games later this year.

So what should you know about the 28-year-old joining Kolohe Andino, Caroline Marks and Carissa Moore on Team USA? Here are five facts about the surfer who could end up with a medal by the end of the Games.

Get to know Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: 5 facts about the fastest woman in the world

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is back and as fast as ever.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may have won bronze in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, but she’s coming back with a vengeance this year in Tokyo and is looking to take home the gold.

The Jamaican track star is back in rare form and breaking records once again after her disappointing trip to Rio in 2016. Just weeks ago, she just became the second-fastest woman of all-time behind Florence Griffith-Joyner after running the 100 meters at a meet in Kingston.

So what should you expect from Fraser-Pryce in Tokyo? What should you look for? The answer is greatness. Here are five facts about the fastest woman in the world.

Get to know Katie Ledecky: 5 facts about Team USA’s Olympic swimming superstar

What you should know about Katie Ledecky as she takes on the Tokyo Olympics.

No matter what happens at the Tokyo Olympics, Katie Ledecky has already cemented herself as one of the greatest and most dominant swimmers of all time.

The soon-to-be three-time Olympian is looking to add to her already impressive haul of five gold medals and one silver this summer, and she qualified in June for the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle (also referred to as the mile). She’ll also swim in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, giving her the chance to return from Tokyo with up to five more Olympic medals.

Like every other Olympic hopeful, training during 2020 was challenging and complicated thanks to the coronavirus pandemic (witch delayed the Games a year), and that included Ledecky practicing in a backyard pool with teammate Simone Manuel before returning to training at Stanford. And after a generally impressive performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials, the 24-year-old swimmer is going to be tough to beat.

Here are five things to know about Ledecky ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.