Latina gymnast Laurie Hernandez has won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as fraction of Team USA's gymnastics squad. The 16-year-customary moment-generation Puerto Rican athlete participated in the vault,floor, and beam, and contributing to the team's landslide win over Russia and China,who scored silver and bronze. As the first US-born Latina to make the team since Tracee Talavera in 1984, this is a historic win for Laurie, and who will surely inspire many more Latinas to join the sport.[br] Related Stories: Feast Your Eyes on Everything Happening in Rio,Courtesy of Laurie Hernandez;
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