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Lee s golden moment sparks joy at home by The Associated Press | Today at 2:19 a.m. American gold medalist Sunisa Lee (from left), silver medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and bronze medalist Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee take a selfie Thursday after the medal ceremony for the women’s gymnastics all-around competition in Tokyo. (AP/Gregory Bull) MINNEAPOLIS There were cheers and screams and happy tears for one of their own, and unending delight for what many saw as an Only in America story. Sunisa Lee captured the women s all-around gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, a triumph that wowed all of Minnesota but carried special resonance in the state s close-knit Hmong American community, one of the largest in the United States.

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