This is a great Olympics story:
Henry Cejudo called it the American dream.A story like this one makes most of us proud (and maybe, for the saps, a little teary-eyed). A story like this one makes the immigrant bashers seethe. The son of undocumented immigrants? Is this really an American medal? CNN's top immigrant basher, Lou Dobbs, will probably do a show on how Mexicans are stealing our medals.
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 Beijing with a stunning win Tuesday 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."
A joyful Cejudo, 21, broke into tears on the mat at the end of the match, then took a victory lap around the China Agricultural University Gymnasium.
"This is what I always wanted," he said. "The frustration was let out. The hard work and everything.
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