Had to go to the foreign press to get such positive coverage
Meet gymnastics' new queen: How 18-year-old Team USA star Sunisa Lee overcame a tragic 2019 accident that left her dad paralyzed to claim GOLD in women's all-around at Tokyo Olympics
CARLY STERN | 10:10 EDT, 29 July 2021 | UPDATED: 13:36 EDT, 29 July 2021As Sunisa Lee celebrates her gold medal win in the women's gymnastics all-around final today, the Team USA star has become an instant household name — but who is the 18-year-old gymnast who took the top spot in her first-ever Olympics Games?
Sunisa, who hails from Minnesota, is the daughter of Laotian refugees who fled the country in the wake of the Vietnam War — and she's also the first Hmong-American to represent the United States at the Olympics.
Her road to the Games wasn't an easy one, with the star persevering through personal tragedy after her father was paralyzed in a freak accident in 2019 that left him in a wheelchair.
But both of her parents, who were unable to accompany her to the Games due to COVID rules, excitedly cheered her on from home as she bested the competition on Thursday, with her mother moved to tears when Sunisa was announced as the winner. . . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9839825/Meet-USA-Gymnastics-newest-queen-18-year-old-Sunisa-Lee.html
Her family is staunchly anti-communist and staunchly pro-American. Which explains why there isn't better coverage in the US.
Here are some of her friends and family back home celebrating when she won the gold:
Such a positive story and an awesome example of a person bringing the American Dream to the US.
