In a departure from the political histrionics, left-wing protest, and aggressive twerking that has come to characterize U.S. competitors during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, U.S. Olympic wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock went viral for her reaction to winning gold. Mensah-Stock said her performance was enabled by the “grace of God” and emphatically stated that she was proud to represent the U.S.
“Of course I surprised myself, it’s by the grace of God I’m even able to move my feet,” Mensah-Stock said during the post-match interview after winning gold. “I just leave it in his hands, and I pray that all the practice, the hell that my freakin’ 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, and I’m excited to see what, what I have next!” Read more…