Monica Puig’s Big Welcome in Puerto Rico

By: - August 21st, 2016
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Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig returned home to a big welcome this week to Puerto Rico, following her historic women’s singles tennis victory in Rio.

Puig’s victory made her the first-ever Puerto Rican to win a gold medal for the island.

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Puerto Rico Alejandro Garcia Padilla with Puig following her arrival this weekend.

“[I am] enjoying my time at home so much,” she wrote on social media Sunday. “Really happy to be here with my family and cannot wait to see everyone at the official festivities here in San Juan on Tuesday.”

Indeed, Puig will be the subject of a major public ceremony at the Puerto Rico Coliseum that day.

“Your victory is for your people a halo of light in the depths of the night,” Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla told Puig.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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