Tag: gold
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American star Simone Biles aims for more history in Tokyo
American star Simone Biles turned the 2016 games into her own personal showcase, earning five medals (four gold, one bronze) and redefining what is possible along the way. The U.S. women won their … Read Full Article: article source
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Hmong American Gymnast Suni Lee Places Top Two in US Gymnastics Championship
An 18-year-old gymnast fighting to become the first Hmong American to make the Olympics gymnastics team placed runner-up behind four-time gold medalist Simone Biles on Sunday. The championships: Suni … Read Full Article
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Hmong American Gymnast Wins Gold for Father Critically Injured in Accident
The 16-year-old Hmong-American artistic gymnast said she was thinking about her dad who she knew would be watching from his hospital bed. Lee’s father, John, injured his spine in a fall while … Read Full Article
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US gymnast Sunisa Lee caps emotional 2 months with gold
I’m just super proud of this team.” St. Paul teen trying to become first Hmong American to make US Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team The 16-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota, is at her first world … Read Full Article
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A whole bunch of Minnesotans could be legitimate contenders for the 2020 Olympics
Lee, believed to be the first Hmong-American to qualify for a U.S. national team in gymnastics, walked away with three medals — gold on uneven bars (the only individual event Biles failed to win), … Read Full Article
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MN Congressional Hotdish Competition Displays The Diversity of the State’s Delicious Dish
Congresswoman Betty McCollum from the state’s fifth district takes home the gold with her Hotdish A-Hmong Friends. Other dishes showing off Minnesota’s diversity include Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s … Read Full Article
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Hmong American girl won gymnastic gold medal for the US
If you want to play a type of sport you have to give your all and you may have to sacrifice something in return for gold medals. Miss Sunisa Lee, a Hmong American girl in Minnesota who is based in St. … Read Full Article
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Diesel Black Gold Men’s and Women’s Fall 2018
Women’s embroidered frocks were influenced by traditional Romanian peasant dresses, while pleated mini skirts, worn with jacquard sweaters, recalled Chinese and Vietnamese Hmong styles. Their feminine look was tempered by boxy and oversized jackets with … Read Full Article
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La Crosse farmers markets: Der and Nao Ying produce, Kickapoo Gold, Simple Soaps
They remember the Hmong lifestyle of their youth in Laos. By age 8 or so, Nao Ying was working with his family on the planted land they had cleared on a mountainside, growing vegetables for their meals. It wasn’t to last, however, as his family would … Read Full Article
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Military Govt Ready to Defend Thai Rights Record at UN
and the forced return of refugees such as the Rohingya and Hmong. Sutharee Wannasiri of Forty Rights cited prosecution of members of the media for reporting on a gold mine’s impacts on a community. “The intimidation and harassment of journalists and … Read Full Article
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Delirium Decor and Bohemian Flare
The grey, masculine wall, which I call the photogenic wall, became the background for an ethnic corner: the antique Caucasian rug, an ottoman sewn by me from Thai Hmong fabric, a vintage Moroccan table and a large mirror in an old gold frame that I found … Read Full Article