Rio Olympics: Twitter Celebrates With Monica Puig as She Wins Puerto Rico's First Gold Medal
5:04 PM PDT 8/13/2016 by the Associated Press , THR staff

Fans (including Lin-Manuel Miranda) shared their #PicaPower after the athlete upset Angelique Kerber in the women's tennis singles final Saturday.
Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first gold medal in any sport in Olympic history, upsetting Angelique Kerber in the women's tennis singles final at the Rio Games.
Even before Saturday's victory, Puig already was assured of being the first woman representing Puerto Rico to earn a medal of any color at any Olympics. Puig is ranked 34th and is the first unseeded women's singles gold medalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988.
Kerber was seeded No. 2, won the Australian Open in January and was the runner-up at Wimbledon last month. She was trying to give Germany its first singles gold since Steffi Graf won in 1988, but instead she will go home with a silver. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic won the bronze.
#PicaPower began trending after Puig won gold and the Puerto Rican national anthem played for the first time at the Olympics.
See some of the reactions on Twitter below.
FIRST GOLD FOR
Everyone at Casa Miranda is bawling.
PA'LANTE @MonicaAce93!!!!!— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 13, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS @MonicaAce93 @NBCOlympics YOU DID IT!!! #firstandonly #boricua #girlpower #HERSTORY
— Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) August 14, 2016
She did it! She freaking did it!Yay! #Boricuas are screaming all over the world tonight! @MonicaAce93 #OlympicTennis https://t.co/NROxw3khsj
— Rosie Perez (@rosieperezbklyn) August 13, 2016
Congrats @MonicaAce93 @ustacaribbeanpr on your #GOLDMEDAL @Rio2016 What a week. See you @usopen in a couple weeks
— Katrina Adams (@katadams68) August 13, 2016
#PUR has won its 1st Gold Olympic Medal ever. Congrats, #MonicaPuig! #PicaPower #PuertoRico #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/ieUzTQYWP6
— Omar Alvarado (@OmarPeace) August 13, 2016
We never imagined this day would come. Thank you @MonicaAce93 for this gift. ¡Eres grande! #PicaPower #PUR pic.twitter.com/kySXUprbZc
— Andrea Cristina (@andreagonram) August 13, 2016
making history is pretty great. #MonicaPuig pic.twitter.com/foQPcBCPF4
— Jason Gay (@jasongay) August 13, 2016
Monica Puig takes the GOLD and makes history with first gold for Puerto Rico in any sport. BIG pic.twitter.com/SoFuDccB75
— Michele Norris (@michele_norris) August 13, 2016
Downtown, Hato Rey @MonicaAce93 #PicaPower pic.twitter.com/7ZTStNeXA6
— Juan Mata (@juanitoesnu) August 13, 2016
Happy for @MonicaAce93 She's the best #VivaPuig #GoldenPuig pic.twitter.com/qO5KATRsHM
— Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) August 13, 2016