Gold medal winning Olympian: I wouldn't want to live anywhere else than America
Olympic gold medalist wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock joins 'America's Newsroom' following her win in the 2020 Olympics
Olympic gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock went viral last week for her post-victory response when asked, "How does it feel to represent your country like this?"
"I love representing the U.S. I freaking love living there," Stock said before pumping her fist, smiling as she pulled an American flag draped on her shoulders tighter to her body.
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The Olympian joined "America's Newsroom" Wednesday, days after the end of the Tokyo Games. When anchor Dana Perino asked about the now-viral interview, Mensah-Stock reflected on her emotional responses.
"That specific moment when he asked me that I felt like, I went into a trance and God just spoke through me, and I was like, ‘All right, look directly at the camera and just go,’' she said. "I know there's a lot of negativity going on, and I just want to enlighten people of my feelings to spread positivity, and it happened."
Mensah-Stock's display of patriotism was a direct contrast to many Olympians using the Games as a platform to air their grievances over the United States. She is grateful to have grown up in the U.S.
"I was born here," Mensah-Stock said. "My dad is an immigrant from Ghana where he met my mom. I grew up in Texas. It’s the only place I know, and I have traveled all over the world and I definitely wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. I prefer [it] here. Japan was beautiful, here is better."
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