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. “And I’m like, if one of us wins, we’re making history. You’re making history, I’m making history, we’re making history.

Source: New York Times August 03, 2021 19:52 UTC