Suni Lee, who made history at the Tokyo Olympics this summer as the first Asian American woman to earn a gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition, says she was pepper sprayed in a racist attack.
this summer as the first Asian American woman to earn a gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition, said she was the victim of recent anti-Asian violence.
Lee, 18, said she was waiting for an Uber with friends, all of whom are of Asian descent, according to an interview with Lee . A car drove by, and people in it began shouting racist slurs and telling Lee and her friends to"go back where they come from," the gymnast told Pop Sugar.Her representative confirmed the incident to NBC News in an email Thursday.
“I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off,” Lee told Pop Sugar. “I didn’t do anything to them, and having the reputation, it’s so hard because I didn’t want to do anything that could get me into trouble. I just let it happen.” Sunisa Lee of Team United States poses with her gold medal after winning the Women's All-Around Final on day six of the Tokyo Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 29, 2021.Lee, who grew up in a tight-knit Hmong community in St. Paul, Minnesota, vaulted onto the world stage after gold medalist Simone Biles withdrew from the Games for mental health reasons.
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