Gymnast Suni Lee Shows Off Her Olympic Medal Trading Cards: ‘So Freaking Cute’
Lee won three medals in Paris: two individual bronze and one gold with her teammates Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezley Rivera
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Suni Lee (left) and trading cards featuring illustrations of Suni Lee (right). Photo: Kristy Sparow/Getty, Suni Lee/Instagram
Suni Lee’s Olympic accomplishments have been commemorated in the coolest way!
The 21-year-old gymnastics star — who took home one gold and two bronze medals at the Paris Summer Olympics — showed off a couple of epic trading cards featuring illustrations of herself and her medals.
Lee posted the picture of the cards to her Instagram Stories on Friday, Aug. 30 and wrote, “I can’tttt so freaking cute.”
In the illustrations, Lee is wearing her Team USA gymnastics leotards and her medals as she smiles and enjoys a bowl of noodles. Text on the cards reads, “I’ve been craving pho.”
The Eiffel Tower is drawn in the background of both of the trading cards, nodding to Paris as the site of Lee’s successful showing.
Lee took home bronze medals in the uneven bars and the all-around final in Paris, as well as a gold medal in the team final alongside Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera on July 30.
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Suni Lee shows off trading cards on Instagram.Suni Lee/Instagram
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Lee’s gold medal win in Paris is her second. During the Tokyo Games in 2021, she won gold in the women’s individual all-around, making her the first woman of Asian descent to earn the title.
The Olympian — who was completely sidelined by a chronic kidney disease just one year prior — said the Paris Games were her opportunity for a “redemption tour,” during an interview with PEOPLE at the Games.
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“This has been my redemption tour from the last Olympics, and I’ve been trying to give myself grace for not being, I guess fully back to normal Suni,” Lee told PEOPLE at Team USA House on Aug. 5, after the balance beam final.
“But ever since I got sick, I feel like normal Suni is — she’s just a different girl now,” Lee added, describing the updated version of herself as “more mature” and “more fun.”
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Suni Lee with one of her bronze medals.Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOPC
Reflecting, Lee told PEOPLE, “I think everything just means so much more because I didn’t think that I would be here.”
“And just knowing that I was able to overcome everything and never gave up was probably the most special moment, I guess for me, in winning all of those medals.”
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