Tag: gold
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What you need to know about Olympic gold-medalist Suni Lee
Sunisa “Suni” Lee is the next queen of gymnastics. At the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the 18-year-old gymnast won gold in the individual gymnastics all-around, silver in the team all-around and … Read Full Article
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Sunisa Lee Wins Bronze Medal in Uneven Bars Final After Becoming All-Around Champion at Tokyo Olympics
Sunisa Lee has a gold medal from the individual all-around and a silver with Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum from the team all-around final … Read Full Article
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Massachusetts Hmong Are Taking Great Pride In Suni Lee’s Olympic Gold
For the Hmong people of Massachusetts, Sunisa ‘Suni’ Lee’s Tokyo Olympic performance has generated a tremendous outpouring of pride. Lee, 18, became the first Asian and Hmong American to win the … Read Full Article
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On The Event That Means Most, Suni Lee Adds Another Olympic Medal
Sunisa Lee poses with the bronze medal on the podium for the women’s uneven bars at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Aug. 1, 2021 in Tokyo. TOKYO — There was one gold medal Suni Lee really had her eye … Read Full Article
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Sunisa Lee Wins Gold Medal In Individual All-Around Competition At The Olympic Games
The 18-year-old just won the gold medal in the individual all-around competition. Sunisa basked in her win while speaking at a press conference following the event. She said, “This is such a surreal … Read Full Article
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Suni Lee and Her Parents Went Through So Much Before the Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo Summer Olympics, Sunisa “Suni” Lee is making history as the first Hmong American Olympic gymnast champion. What’s more, she just took home the gold medal for Team U.S.A. in the individual … Read Full Article
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Americans who have won gold medals at the Games
The United States has racked up a bunch of gold medals through the first week of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There have been some triumphs, some upsets and some shocks in Tokyo as the Olympics march … Read Full Article
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Our View: Gymnast Lee does Minnesota proud
Thumbs up to Suni Lee, of St. Paul, for doing Minnesota proud and winning the gymnastics all-around gold medal Thursday at the Olympics. Read Full Article
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‘This is our arrival moment’: Hmong community basks in Sunisa Lee’s gold medal
It’s poetic that Lee is a gymnast. The sport is a perfect parallel to how the Hmong community has navigated life in America over the past 40 years. Read Full Article
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Suni Lee’s Acrylic Nails Have Everyone in Awe
The fact that I can’t even open a seltzer can with acrylics on and Suni Lee just won gymnastics gold with these nails… a true icon.” … Read Full Article
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Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame | Charlotte Observer
Sunisa Lee’s life changed the second she placed a gold medal around her neck. The newly minted Olympic gymnastic champion’s plans, however, have not. At least for now. A day after a thrilling victory … Read Full Article
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‘Happy tears’: Lee’s gold sparks joy at home in Minnesota
Her triumph delighted all of Minnesota but carried special resonance in the state’s large and close-knit Hmong American community. The Hmong fought for the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnam War and many … Read Full Article
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Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fame
Newly minted Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee says she’s still committed to going to college at Auburn TOKYO — Sunisa Lee’s life changed the second she placed a gold medal around her neck. The … Read Full Article
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American Sunisa Lee wins gold in women’s gymnastics all-around
Lee, filling the void left by the irreplaceable Simone Biles, became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title. Read Full Article
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Sunisa Lee wins gold in gymnastics all-around in Tokyo Olympics
Sunisa Lee has won gold in the gymnastics all-around at the Tokyo Olympics. Americans have now won gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around for the last five Olympic Games, starting with Carly … Read Full Article