Her father Prince Mensah migrated to the U.S. when he was 30, and met her mother, Shonda Wells.

‘My mom raised us to be respectful, my dad was an immigrant, and he came from Ghana,’ she said.

‘He came to America and he made a way for himself, he had a whole bunch of businesses. He made something out of nothing.

‘I just know that if you go out and get what you want, nothing can stop you.

‘So I guess just from those kind of parents in my life, I just have love for my country.’

Mensah-Stock’s attitude stands in stark contrast to fellow Olympians Gwen Berry and Raven Saunders, both of whom staged protests during the Games.