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TOKYO — Hours before doing what she had never imagined, Suni Lee decided to do something she had never tried.
For seven months, her coach, Jess Graba, had been trying to convince her to lower the difficulty of her floor routine, reasoning that she could improve her score by nailing the execution on the easier option.