Videos of Suni\u00a0Lee\u2019s family reacting to\u00a0the gymnast\u00a0 winning a gold medal in the Olympics\u00a0all-around competition quickly went viral on Twitter this week, with fellow Olympians, \u2026<\/b>
\nVideos of Suni Lee\u2019s family reacting to the gymnast winning a gold medal in the Olympics all-around competition quickly went viral on Twitter this week, with fellow Olympians, celebrities and viewers at home cheering alongside Lee’s joyful family. \u201cGolden reaction for a golden moment,\u201d NBC\u2019s Olympics account tweeted on Thursday, alongside video of a crowded room of Lee\u2019s family and friends watching her finish in first place at the Tokyo Games. Lee\u2019s family can be seen screaming, embracing and chanting \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d in the video. They watched her compete from Minnesota after spectators were banned from the games during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Lee on Thursday became the fifth consecutive American woman, and the sixth overall, to be awarded the Olympic all-around title. The electric moment came after the United States\u2019s women\u2019s gymnastics team won the silver medal at Tokyo\u2019s team gymnastics competition. Lee responded to the footage, which has received millions of views, on Thursday, calling her loved ones \u201cthe people i do it all for.\u201d \u201cI LOVE YOU ALL,\u201d she shared. Olympic gymnast Alexandra Raisman also shared footage of Lee\u2019s family on Twitter from KARE 11 anchor Gia Vang. Raisman called it \u201ca special moment.\u201d \u201cWish they could be with @sunisalee_ in person,\u201d Raisman wrote. The Olympics and the USA Gymnastics governing organization also celebrated the video, alongside celebrities and other Twitter users. John Lee, Suni Lee\u2019s father, told the TODAY show after her victory that their family was holding their breath as she competed. \u201cThere\u2019s no words that can express this right now,\u201d Lee said. \u201cI don\u2019t think she can have any words to express, either,\u201d Lee added. \u201cI could see in her eyes that she was crying.\u201d<\/p>\n