When Sunisa Lee steps onto the floor in the women's team gymnastics competition, she will carry with her not only the hopes of her family and nation, but also those of the Hmong American community of which she is a part
Lee is the first of the Hmong group that came to the United States as refugees from Laos following the turmoil of the Vietnam War to ever make it to an Olympics, much less to have a strong shot at medalling or even topping the podium.
In Tokyo, she stands third in all-around, second in her speciality of uneven bars after a sharp performance, and third in beam, at which she also excels. Though Lee, like many of her team mates, made some errors, she made it to the all-around, where she will feature with team mate Simone Biles. "I was always jumping on the bed or having my dad spot me while I was doing backflips and stuff like that. Finally, my mom got tired of it," she told a newspaper in Minnesota, where she was born.
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