The Truth About Olympic Gymnast Suni Lee

Aug 03 2021

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Sunisa "Suni" Lee has accomplished a lot in her 18 years. The Minnesota native and member of the Hmong community won the all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming the first Asian-American woman to do so, and also won the bronze for the uneven bars. Lee's journey to the Olympics began at a very young age, when she joined the Midwest Gymnastics Center at age 6 — a facility she still uses for training. Lee has also had to deal with plenty of ups and downs in her path to Tokyo, including losing family members to COVID-19. This is the truth about Olympic gymnast Suni Lee. #Olympics #SuniLee #Covid19 Hmong-American pioneer | 0:00 First love | 0:48 Paying the cost | 1:48 Her biggest fan | 2:53 A terrible injury | 3:44 COVID-19's heavy toll | 4:56 Mental toughness | 5:53 Surprised to beat Simone | 7:13 Sunisa and Simone | 8:23 On the uneven bars | 9:07 On to Auburn | 10:16