Olympic Gold Medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock went viral last week when she proudly proclaimed her love for the United States at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Now, she’s expanding on that incredible moment.
“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.”
“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.”
“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,” reports Fox News.
Watch the Gold Medalist’s remarks above.
BACKLASH BUILDS: American Olympic Athlete Under Fire for Shunning US Flag During National Anthem
A potential Olympian faced a growing backlash on social media Monday after the athlete turned-her-back on the American flag during the performance of the National Anthem at a track and field competition.
“Why does the Left hate America? Sure, we have our faults, but no nation in the history of the world has liberated more people from captivity, has lifted more out of poverty, has bled more for freedom, or has blessed more w/ abundance. God bless America,” posted Sen. Ted Cruz on Twitter.
Why does the Left hate America?
Sure, we have our faults, but no nation in the history of the world has liberated more people from captivity, has lifted more out of poverty, has bled more for freedom, or has blessed more w/ abundance.
God bless America. https://t.co/7hH1FMzEn0
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 28, 2021
“Thank you! I never said I hated this country! People try to put words in my mouth but they can’t. That’s why I speak out. I LOVE MY PEOPLE,” fired-back the athlete.
Thank you! I never said I hated this country! People try to put words in my mouth but they can’t. That’s why I speak out. I LOVE MY PEOPLE. ✊🏾 https://t.co/fbKB5d9H2I
— Gwendolyn Berry OLY, MPH (@MzBerryThrows) June 28, 2021
Read the full report here.
BUMMER GAMES: Ratings for Tokyo Olympics DOWN 49% From Four Years Earlier
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics continued to hemorrhage viewers this week, with new data showing total viewership for the network’s primetime coverage down 49% compared to the equivalent night at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Variety’s top TV editor writes, “Traditional TV viewing for the Summer Games has declined noticeably, and, a decision by popular gymnast Simone Biles to take herself out of the team competition early Tuesday has spurred advertiser anxiety, according to executives familiar with negotiations between NBC and sponsors. Not helping matters: Her exit came within hours of tennis star Naomi Osaka’s ouster from the tennis medal competition.”
“Viewership for Friday night’s opening ceremonies came to around 17 million viewers, according to Nielsen , marking a decline of approximately 36% from the audience for the company’s 2016 broadcast of an opening ceremony for the Summer Games in Rio. Viewership has improved for each primetime broadcast following, but the size of the declines from the previous Rio Olympics have unnerved advertisers, who are believed to have invested more than $1.2 billion in the sports extravaganza,” adds the editor.
American all-star athlete Simone Biles publicly explained her decision Tuesday to abruptly exit a competition at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo; saying she suffered no physical injury but was “dealing with a few things.”
“It’s been a really stressful Olympic Games as a whole; not having an audience — there are a lot of different variables going into it [the Games],” she said. “It’s been a long week; it’s been a long Olympic process/year. I think we’re a little bit too stressed out. We should be out here having fun, and sometimes that’s not the case.
“Today has been really stressful, we had a workout this morning; it went OK but during that five-and-a-half hour wait I was shaking – I could barely nap. I had never felt like that going into a competition before. I tried to go out here and have fun; the warmup in the back went a little bit better but once I came out here I was like, ‘no, mentals [sic] not here so I just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself.’”
Biles is still eligible to compete in other competitions.
Read the full report at Variety.
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