Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold
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Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock celebrates her gold medal victory against Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu in their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Gold medalist USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock poses with her medal after the women's freestyle 68kg wrestling competition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Silver medalist Blessing Oborududu of Team Nigeria, gold medalist Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of Team United States and bronze medalists Alla Cherkasova of Team Ukraine (left) and Meerim Zhumanazarova of Team Kyrgyzstan (right) pose on the podium during the Women's Freestyle 68kg medal ceremony on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of Team United States celebrates defeating Blessing Oborududu of Team Nigeria during the Women's Freestyle 68kg Gold Medal Match on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of Team United States celebrates defeating Blessing Oborududu of Team Nigeria during the Women's Freestyle 68kg Gold Medal Match on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock (red) wrestles Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu in their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock (red) wrestles Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu in their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock (red) wrestles Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu in their women's freestyle 68kg wrestling final match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of United States of America (red) and Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine (blue) competes in Women's Freestyle 68kg Semifinal at Makuhari Messe Hall A on August 2, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Photos: Tamyra Mensah-Stock becomes 1st Black US woman wrestler to win Olympic gold Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of United States of America (red) and Alla Cherkasova of Ukraine (blue) competes in Women's Freestyle 68kg Semifinal at Makuhari Messe Hall A on August 2, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)