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Two Years After Winning Olympic Gold Sunisa Lee Receives an Unlikely Message

Published 07/30/2023, 5:00 PM EDT

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Sportspersons and celebrities enjoy the love of a huge number of fans. Fans never fall short of pulling off some grand gestures for their favorite celebs. In a recent upload on social media, American gymnast Sunisa Lee shared one such grand gesture. The young 20-year-old gymnastics star received an unlikely but heartfelt message from one of her fans.

Suninsa Lee has participated in just one Olympics Games so far. However, the star gymnast was able to bag three medals in her very first shot. Commemorating this momentous day, one of her fans went ahead and did something mind-blowing.

Fan celebrates Sunisa Lee Day

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Sunisa Lee won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. One of her fans decided to celebrate the second anniversary of her medal-winning day as Sunisa Lee Day. The 20-year-old Olympian shared this update via an Instagram story. The story displayed a big custom-made card and a bunch of beautiful white roses kept near it. Moved by the heartwarming and unexpected message, Lee shared the image with her fans.

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Sunisa Lee has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram. The American gymnast has made it to the national gymnastics team a total of six times. In fact, Lee is the world’s first Hmong-American Olympian. It is not uncommon for fans to celebrate a day to commemorate the achievements of their favorite personality. However, this cute gesture was carried out by a solo-loving fan at their home. Considering that the gymnastics world already has a lot of established stars, this makes the celebration even rarer and more memorable.

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The challenging journey of the young gymnast

Sunisa Lee possesses unquestionable talent as a gymnast. With her excellent skills and technique, the young athlete managed to bag the gold medal in the women’s all-around category. She had the ability to sweep the entire medal gallery clean. However, Lee had to forfeit her maiden Olympics appearance due to a severe health issue.

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The young artistic gymnastics star had to withdraw from the Olympics due to a kidney-related health issue. This prevented Sunisa Lee from participating in all events or going all out while competing. However, she is working hard to join the 2024 Paris Olympics. The celebrated star will make her return with another gymnastics queen, Simone Biles, who was also inactive for a long time. Fans eagerly await their champion artistic gymnast to get back on the field and win all the events. 

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Ankit Singh

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