Caeleb Dressel and Suni Lee have come a long way since standing on the podium multiple times during the Tokyo Olympics. Now, they add Sports Illustrated's Athlete of the Year award to their collection.
Both gold medalists were honored for rising to the top of their respective sports—Lee in gymnastics and Dressel in swimming—on Tuesday night during The Sports Illustrated Awards.
"The one thing that I would say would be you don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great," Lee, 18, said.