The 18-year-old made history at the Olympics.
took the floor in Tokyo, she made history as the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympics.
18-year-old Sunisa, who goes by Suni, finished second behind Simone Biles to secure her spot on the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. "My hands are getting stronger. My balance is not so great, but I'm learning how to cope with that," Lee shared."Before I got hurt I always told Sunisa, 'If you make it to the Olympics, I'm gonna run out there and do a backflip.' But I can't do it now.""I talk to her, I motivate her," he said, adding he built a beam in the family's backyard to help Suni train because he could not afford a real beam.
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