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Lee's family was planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tokyo before the Olympics were postponed in March 2020. Her parents, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, had no doubts, even though she hadn't made the squad yet. They booked plane tickets to see their daughter compete, and they intended to celebrate by taking Lee and her siblings to Laos to show them where they grew up. Both John and Yeev are Hmong, an ethnic group largely from Southeast Asia and parts of China that fought alongside the United States during the Vietnam War. Many Hmong fled to Thailand as refugees after losing much of their land in the war. By the late 1970s and 1980s, about 90% of the refugees had migrated in the United States, where there are presently 18 Hmong clans, the largest of which is based in Minneapolis-St. Paul. She's no stranger to discovering her greatest self in the most trying of circumstances-the version that wins medals, defies gravity, and fights for her community. Before going to bed, she imagines herself landing flawlessly and returning home as the first Hmong American Olympic gymnastics winner. History has been written. To learn more about her and her Clan, click the buy button.

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