Monica Puig wins the first Olympic gold medal for Puerto Rico

#PicaPower …. “Puig’s victory is also a first…the first Olympic gold medal ever won by a Puerto Rican athlete, whie representing Puerto Rico.”
#PuertoRicanPride … Go Monica! Thank you … #SiSePuede

WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS

To a joyful chorus of “¡si se puede!” from her supporters, Monica Puig won a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games. The 22-year old tennis star defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber yesterday, in the women’s singles competition.

Kerber is currently ranked as the #2 female tennis player in the world…but Puig beat her in straight sets.

Puig’s victory is also a first…the first Olympic gold medal ever won by a Puerto Rican athlete, while representing Puerto Rico. 

Other Puerto Rican athletes have won the gold, but they were competing for the U.S. flag.  

Not Puig.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/monica-puig-wins-tennis-final-and-for-first-time-puerto-rico-has-olympic-gold/2016/08/13/d8b232e8-6156-11e6-9d2f-b1a3564181a1_story.html

To her great credit, Puig was fully aware of the symbolic importance of her victory as a Puerto Rican athlete, representing her own island.

On the tennis court, in her very first interview after winning the gold, Puig said…

“This is for them. I think I united a nation. I just love where…

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