Mensah-Stock Caps Debut With Women’s Freestyle Gold

Mensah-Stock Caps Debut With Women’s Freestyle Gold
USA's Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock poses with her gold medal after the women's freestyle 68kg wrestling competition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2021. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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CHIBA, Japan—World champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock capped her Olympic debut with a gold medal in the women’s freestyle light heavyweight category on Tuesday to become only the second women’s champion from the United States.

Mensah-Stock completed a stunning run in Tokyo by beating Nigerian veteran Blessing Oborududu 4–1 in the final.