A breath of fresh air wafted through the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as — finally — an American athlete bucked the norm set by leftist athletes and expressed a pro-American point of view as she represented the United States on the world stage.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock, a member of the U.S. women's wrestling team, made history Tuesday as the first black woman from the United States to win a gold medal in wrestling at the Olympics. But instead of turning her back on the American flag, taking a knee, or making her win about identity politics, Mensah-Stock talked about three things after taking gold: God, hard work, and America.
Congratulations @MensahTamStock! Your country loves you in return. pic.twitter.com/7LYAKv993n
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"It's by the grace of God I'm able even to move my feet," she said after her historic win. "I just leave it in his hands, and I pray that all the practice, that the hell that my freaking coaches put me through, pays off. And every single time it does and I get better and better. And it's so weird that there is no cap to the limit that I can do. I'm excited to see what I have next," she said, tightly gripping an American flag wrapped around her.
Imagine if all of America’s athletes loved our country as much as this patriot does!
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"That American flag around your shoulders looks pretty good — how does it feel to represent your country like this?" asked a reporter.
"It feels amazing, I love representing the U.S., I freaking love living there," Mensah-Stock beamed. "I love it, and I'm so happy I get to represent U–S–A!"
BREAKING NEWS: USA’s Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first Black woman in the world to ever to win the Olympic gold medal in wrestling, saying, “When I first started, I wanted to be a light to younger Black women. Now, they’ll see my natural hair and say ‘I can do it too!’” RT! pic.twitter.com/sJ711wHbQh
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Mensah-Stock's proud patriotism and gratefulness, not to mention her gold medal is a stark contrast to the displays several other members of Team USA have displayed in Tokyo this summer, namely from the women's soccer team. Last month, the USWNT took a knee for BLM and then lost 3-0 to Sweden before continuing their woke-yet-losing streak falling 1-0 to Canada in the semifinals.
Here's the moment Mensah-Stock made history:
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