Tamyra Mensah-Stock Wins Gold in Women’s 68kg Freestyle Wrestling, Becomes First Black Woman To Do So
Competing in her first Olympics, Mensah Stock defeated Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu 4-1 in the women's freestyle 68kg final on Tuesday to win gold.
American wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock became the first black woman to win Olympic gold in wrestling, when she attained the top honours in women's 68kg freestyle event in Tokyo 2020.
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Tamyra Mensah Stock - your newest @USAWrestling Olympic champ - has just made history. #TokyoOlympics
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 3, 2021
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