Wrestler, son of Mexican immigrants, gives U.S. rare freestyle gold

[AlphaCentauri]

The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants who had to work two jobs to keep food on the table, Cejudo gave the U.S. its first Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 16 years Tuesday with a stunning win over Japan’s Tomohiro Matsunaga in the 55-kilogram (121 pounds) final.

“I’m living the American dream right now, man,” Cejudo, wrapped in an American flag, said moments after his win. “The United States is the land of opportunity. It’s the best country in the world and I’m just glad to represent it.”

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/757090.html

[tkmorris]

1. Please do not post spoilers in thread titles

[tyedyeto]

3. This thread was posted this morning at 10:21(MTN standard time):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3821855

How long after a win before it's no longer a medal spoiler?

[Monk06]

2. Winning the Gold medals Americans don't want to win. Apologies to RedNeckRepublic.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Are the immigrant bashers going to demand he return the gold medal?

Just wondering.

[zbdent]

5. Hmm ... are the Righties ready to toss out this "anchor baby"?

[Supersedeas]

6. will Lou Dobbs play the Patriotism Card or the Get the Hell Out of My Country Card?

[malaise]

7. Hope he isn't thrown into

an immigration center on his return. Is he really American? :sarcasm:

[TCJ70]

8. So what? n/t

[Bill McBlueState]

9. do you respond this way to every thread you don't care about?

Must keep you busy.

:shrug:

[TCJ70]

10. No...I was kind of hoping the OP would give...

...more of a sense of the purpose of posting this. I suppose I could have said that in my response, but a post with little substance gets a response with little substance sometimes.

[AlphaCentauri]

11. Ok, some Mexican guy got a gold medal on your behalf