Viral Photo of Suni Lee and Paige Bueckers is Turning Heads

U.S. Gymnast Suni Lee had an incredibly successful 2024 Paris Olympics. Helping lead Team USA to a gold medal in the team all-around final, Lee added bronze medals for her individual all-around and uneven bars performances.

Battling health issues over the last several years, Lee's performance at the Paris Olympics was even more special.

"From being told that I would never be able to do gymnastics again to winning my 5th olympic medal," Lee wrote on Threads on August 2, 2024. "This medal goes deeper than the gymnastics. I can’t even begin to express how much my health has taken away from me & to be here is the greatest achievement of all. Grateful for the opportunity to be able to represent team USA at my second olympic games!"

Connecting with UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers in New York on Sunday, September 8, Lee posed for a picture with the 2023-24 Big East Player of the Year.

Bueckers shared the photo on her Instagram story and it has been going viral on X.

This post has tallied over 2,400 likes and 29,000 views on X. Two incredible athletes, Bueckers and Lee excited fans with this picture.

"Paige and suni just love each other sm," @g1endale wrote on X.

Both Lee and Bueckers have large followings. With 3.4M followers on Instagram, Lee also has over 225,000 followers on X. As for Bueckers, she has 2M followers on Instagram and over 141,000 followers on X.

The popularity of these two athletes helped their linkup in New York reach a very wide audience.

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