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Karaoke, a food truck and 'The Walking Dead': Meet America's giddiest gold medalist
Yahoo! Sports ^
| 8/3/2021
| By Henry Bushnell
Posted on 08/03/2021 1:50:24 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
Tamyra Mensah-Stock might have been the happiest person at the Olympics even before she stepped onto a wrestling mat here Tuesday night.
She had, after all, packed a karaoke machine, which, during a pre-Games training camp, she used every single day.
But also because, as she said last month: “I definitely find pleasure in getting beat up and beating up people.”
She did much more of the latter here in Tokyo, and so, throughout her stay, she was a 5-foot-5, 150-pound, frighteningly muscular bundle of joy. Every sentence she uttered seemed to end with a laugh or an exclamation. “I’m here, to enjoy, the journey,” she said after a semifinal triumph, and you better believe she was enjoying it.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gold; olympics; tamyra; tamyramensahstock; wrestling
What is remarkable is that her patriotism and her belief in God are outliers in today's woke-infested culture. But God bless this young lady. She makes me feel so proud to be an American.
To: NohSpinZone
We watched her qualifiers... amazing athlete and human being! There is another bundle of energy coming up! Her name is ‘Bella Cepak! look for her in a couple of years.
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posted on
08/03/2021 1:55:54 PM PDT
by
Mathews
(It's all gravy, baby!)
To: NohSpinZone
It’s nice to read these stories, and I’ll watch the highlights, I just don’t want it to benefit NBC in any way.
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posted on
08/03/2021 1:57:09 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: NohSpinZone
Just saw her video on Twitter.
She's AWESOME!!!
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posted on
08/03/2021 2:20:23 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/03/2021 2:23:36 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: NohSpinZone
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posted on
08/03/2021 2:25:10 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: kiryandil
Thank you for posting that link. Inspiring young woman. God bless her.
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posted on
08/03/2021 2:40:52 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: kiryandil
Geeze, I was happy-crying with her, too.
:D
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posted on
08/03/2021 3:16:01 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(We Have Forgotten The Faces Of Our Fathers....)
To: Salamander
It’s nice to see someone who loves America as much as we do.
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posted on
08/03/2021 3:37:06 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: kiryandil
“It’s nice to see someone who loves America as much as we do.”
Yes!
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posted on
08/03/2021 3:42:07 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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