She could probably almost hear her family's cheers from Tokyo!
“There’s no word that can express this right now,” he told Al Roker and Craig Melvin.
While he hadn’t yet had the chance to speak with his daughter following her win, he knew she was overjoyed as well. “I don’t think she can have any words to express, either,” he said. “I could see it in her eyes that she was crying, so I know she’s excited and happy and we’re so proud of her.”With her gold medal, Lee becomes the fifth consecutive American female gymnast to take the top spot at the individual all-around final at the Olympics. She also just made history at the games as the first Hmong American to not only make the U.S. gymnastics team, but also win a gold medal.
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