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Sunisa “Suni” Lee is an Olympian — and now she has the tattoo to match!
On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Group USA gymnast revealed that she had the long-lasting Olympic rings inked on her proper forearm, sharing a photograph of the completed product on her Instagram Story.
“Did a thingggg,” she wrote alongside the shot, which featured Lee fortunately exhibiting off her new physique artwork at what seems to be a tattoo parlor.
Lee’s recent ink comes simply two weeks after her return from the Tokyo Games, the place she won three medals: a gold within the particular person all-around; silver with Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum through the group closing; and bronze within the uneven bars.
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It is common for athletes mark their accomplishment of competing on the highest degree with tattoos of the Olympic rings. Even Lee’s teammate Biles, 24, had it tattooed on her forearm after choosing up 5 medals — 4 gold and one bronze — in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
When requested who amongst the U.S. Ladies’s Olympic Gymnastics Group would possible be getting a tattoo following the Video games, Chiles, 20, told PEOPLE earlier this month, “I feel all of us. All of us. Yeah, I feel we’re all. Apart from Simone, as a result of she already has one.”
“I already know the place I am getting mine,” Chiles stated, pointing to her inside elbow, above the ditch space.
“I do not suppose we will get it collectively as a result of all of us dwell in numerous states. However we’re all speaking about getting it after and what place we might get it or totally different areas,” added McCallum, 18, noting, “I used to be desirous to get it like right here the place Simone has it.”
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Nonetheless, getting a tattoo hasn’t been the one factor on Lee’s to-do listing since turning into an Olympic medalist.
Earlier this week, the Minnesota native hit one more milestone when she started her freshman year at Auburn University.
To mark the event, Lee — who shall be finding out enterprise schooling — shared an image of herself posing exterior the William J. Samford Corridor on the Alabama college. Within the shot, Lee wore an Auburn T-shirt, biker shorts and white sneakers.
“Battle eagle” she captioned the publish, a reference to the varsity’s “battle cry.”
