The title of gold medalist came with a level of celebrity that Lee, who was a quiet 18-year-old from a conservative Hmong community in Minnesota, was not prepared for - and didn't want.
Instead of reveling in her celebrity, Lee, now 21, said she was depressed and lonely.
But the reason her body was swollen that morning last year was the most frightening turn of all. Doctors initially told her that she'd never do gymnastics again.
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