July 13, 2021
'A historic moment for our community': Hmong Minnesotans revel in Sunisa Lee's Olympic journeyShare
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Peter Cox - Reporter, Nancy Yang - Contributor, Sunisa Lee - Interviewee, Seng Alex Vang - Interviewee, MayKao Hang - Interviewee
MPR’s Peter Cox reports that as St. Paul’s Sunisa Lee heads to the Tokyo Olympics in the coming days, the country’s Hmong community is expected to watch closely as the first Hmong American competes there on the gymnastics world stage.
Lee making the Olympic team represents not only a big moment for Hmong Americans, but also a change in culture.
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