Tokyo (AFP)

American Sunisa Lee became Olympic champion in the all-around gymnastics competition on Thursday in Tokyo, succeeding her compatriot Simone Biles, who had withdrawn.

Lee, 18, finished the competition with a total of 57.433 points and edged out Brazilian Rebeca Andrade (57.298 points) and Russian Angelina Melnikova (57.199 points) who took the silver and bronze medals.

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