Who is Spencer Lee's mom? Three-time NCAA wrestling champ's mom's reaction to son's loss breaks the internet

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Spencer Lee (right) and his mom (left) [Images courtesy: left image from Instagram @spencerlee365 and right image from YouTube ESPN]
Spencer Lee (right) and his mom (left) [Images courtesy: left image from Instagram @spencerlee365 and right image from YouTube ESPN]

American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler Spencer Lee suffered a shock loss in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division 1 wrestling championship. The 24-year-old was in pursuit of his fourth championship when he lost to the fourth seed from Purdue, Matt Ramos.

Ramos pinned Lee down with a second left in the third period to secure a historic upset and progress to the semifinals of the championship. However, Lee's loss was followed by an even more outrageous reaction in the stands as his onlooking mother expressed exactly how she felt in the moment.

Cathy Lee, an experienced judo artist, screamed in agony and took out her wrath on her spectacles. She snapped them into pieces before hurling them below.

Check out her enraged reaction below:

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The internet reacted to the emotional moment from Cathy Lee. One fan wrote:

"Spencer Lee’s mom crushing her own glasses with her bare hands and throwing them to the floor is a top 5 live television moment of all-time."

Another fan commented:

"Those poor glasses"

Check out some of the best reactions below:

"Poor mom. She’s gonna be a meme now."
"She had seen enough"
"I guess if she could not see her son getting a 4th title, then she won’t see anyone get a title."
"This Mom has a career in WWE I swear! Heel manager who destroys her own glasses after one of her guys lose."

Spencer Lee's Iowa coach Tom Brands speaks out after his loss

Spencer Lee's final year at the NCAA Division 1 championships ended in disappointment.

Former American Olympic wrestler Tom Brands currently serves as the head coach of the University of Iowa's wrestling team. The Olympic gold medalist spoke in the aftermath of Lee's loss and stressed the importance of moving on.

Brands mentioned that Spencer Lee and his family are well-equipped to deal with the crushing loss and urged his star to move on:

“Well, he left the arena like you normally would after your match. And there was some conversation. And we have good support, his family is with him. He has great support. The cliche- easy thing to say is he’s gotta move on. I mean, it’s hard. It’s really hard. But he’s still gotta move on. As easy as that is to say, that’s really the next step in all this. It seems cruel to say that. Because the magnitude of it, the magnitude is high.”

Check out Tom Brands' full interview on Hawk Central below:

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