Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first Black woman to win a wrestling gold.

Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes the first Black woman to win a wrestling gold.

The New York Times-Sports·2021-08-04 06:04

CHIBA, Japan — Either way on Tuesday night, Tamyra Mensah-Stock knew there would be a first.

Since women’s wrestling was added to the Summer Olympics in 2004, a Black woman had never won the top prize. But in the light heavyweight gold medal match at Makuhari Messe Hall, Mensah-Stock, a Texas native whose father came to the United States from Ghana at 30, was going up against Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria.

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