Suni Lee’s date with history will have to wait.
Lee, just like teammate Simone Biles, fell of the balance beam during her performance Monday and lost out on the chance to medal.
The 21-year-old finished tied for fifth — with Biles — with a score of 13.100 in the eight-woman field, behind winner Alice D’Amato of Italy, who triumphed with a score of 14.36.
In failing to finish in the top three, Lee finished one medal short of tying Shannon Miller (seven) for the second-most by an American gymnast.
Biles is the all-time Team USA leader with 11 medals after finishing second in the floor routine Monday.
“I’m so sad about my beam routine,” Lee said afterward. “But I gave it my all, so that’s OK.”
The balance beam marked Lee’s last event and she entered in hope of claiming her fourth medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics in what has been a short but distinguished Olympics career.
She had already grabbed a gold in team all-around and bronze medals in individual all-around and uneven bars.
Lee finished fifth in the balance beam in her first attempt during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the AP reported that she has “long coveted” winning gold in the event.
Those hopes wen by the wayside when she fell off the beam during what the Associated Press labeled as the “end of her acro series.”
Right after Lee fell, Biles gave her reeling teammate a big hug.
Biles fell during her routine several minutes later.
“We were both just kind of annoyed just because we know what we’re capable of,” Lee said of her and Biles falling and failing to medal, per The Associated Press.