“It was so scary. I didn’t know it then, but the old Suni was gone. And she would never be back.”Lee had been a surprise winner in Tokyo: Simone Biles — the overwhelming favorite for that gold medal —...
And she would never be back.”Lee had been a surprise winner in Tokyo: Simone Biles — the overwhelming favorite for that gold medal — had withdrawn from the Games with a mental block that made her feel...
The title of gold medalist came with a level of celebrity that Lee, who was a quiet 18-year-old from a conservative Hmong community in Minnesota, was not prepared for — and didn’t want....