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topicnews · July 17, 2025

Suni Lee shines in a golden dress at the Espys 2025, accompanied by her kidney doctor

Suni Lee shines in a golden dress at the Espys 2025, accompanied by her kidney doctor


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  • Suni Lee commanded the red carpet at the Espy Awards 2025 with their golden shine
  • The Olympic gymnast was wearing a dress by Oscar de la Rent for the award ceremony, where she is nominated for the best comeback athlete
  • Lee returned to gymnastics for the 2024 Olympic Games after diagnosed with an incurable kidney disease
  • The team USA -Gymnast brought their kidney doctor as their date for the award ceremony: “It is their first time on a red carpet. It is really fun for us both!”

The USA gymnastics star Sunisa “Suni” Lee brought the Espy Awards 2025 a very special date.

The six -time Olympic medalist was accompanied by the doctor on the red carpet, who treated her incurable kidney disease in 2023.

“I'm so excited,” she said before the ceremony on Wednesday to Kevin Negandhi and Elle Duncan von ESPN. “It is her first time on a red carpet. It is really fun for both of us. But she was the one person who actually believed in me whenever I went through everything.”

Lee 22 was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2023 – which forced it to end her career as a college gymnastics at Auburn University. She would compete in Paris in Paris at the 2024 Olympics and, despite the diagnosis, add three further medals to her name.

“I mean, it was probably one of the most difficult things I did,” she said to the co-moderatis of the sports center on the red carpet of Espys. “There were so many times in which I wanted to leave gymnastics and not to myself.

On July 16, Suni Lee will take part in the Espy Awards 2025 in La.

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The team USA Gymnast, which is nominated for the best comeback athlete category, chose the ceremony on Wednesday in a glittering Oscar de la Renta dress with a high slot and all remains of the gold. It has equipped with suitable metallic heels and long side party waves.

When asked whether she wanted to return to the Olympic Games in 2028, the athlete stayed together.

“I am just very excited to see how they all work on it and continue to build because I have the feeling that we have such a strong team,” she said. “And even if I was just like the accompaniment of all women's sports, I was really amazing. I am very excited to see how it all comes out.”

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The gymnast has also become known to her viral lip combination for her signature “Budge Proof” competition glamic and has won her popularity in the beauty area through her nails and role as an ambassador for Kiss's Salon X-Tend collection.

“I am really obsessed with anything beauty,” said Lee in a 2024 zoom with the press, in which she celebrated her appointment as a brand. From the respective nail set that she was wearing during the games, she said: “I can bring it anywhere. It doesn't take it at all.”

Last summer she ate some of her at the Olympic Games in Paris about beauty products.

“I used make -up everywhere, caffeine everywhere [lip liner] And make it again and again, where walnut [lip liner]”, she says.” I put the darker one around [my lips] And then everywhere walnut on the inside of my lips. ”

Lee made her Sports Illustrated swimsuit Debut months after the course of her Olympic Games in Paris together with other athletes. She showed her sporty figure – and her Olympic rings tattoo – in the edition and showed several colorful bikinis and a piece.

The young athlete was nominated for two Espy Awards in 2022, and although she didn't take home, she sparkled on the red carpet with a look of the Indian design house Falguni Shane Peacock.

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The tailor -made dress made of glittering fabric contained section details. Lee opted for a updo with facial framework strands and shimmering pink glam.

In recent times she showed her love for sparkle in the F1 Premiere in New York City on June 16, 2025 with a shimmering black dress with a lace cladding, which is equipped with simple black pumps and petite jewelry.

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The Olympian also showed her status of fashion girl at the Gold Gala 2025, an event that celebrated the 100 most effective Asian pacifik leaders in culture and society last year. There she was honored with an A1 in sports and games.

Lee was designed by Brian Meller in a format from the designer Andrew Kwon based in New York. The deep neck line of the dress was completely with draped sleeves that provided a noble and timeless look.

Setting in: The Espy Awards are broadcast live on ESPN that start from 8 p.m.