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Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee says she was pepper sprayed in racist attack

Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee said she was recently pepper sprayed in an anti-Asian attack.

Lee told Pop Sugar that she was out with her friends and waiting for an Uber, when a car sped by yelling slurs such as "ching chong" and telling them to "go back to where they came from."

She also said that she was also pepper-sprayed on her arm as the car sped off.

"I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off," she said. "I didn't do anything to them, and having the reputation, it's so hard because I didn't want to do anything that could get me into trouble.