Serena Williams displayed her uncensored excited after winning her first singles gold medal on Saturday by performing an impromptu crip walk, a funky little hip-hop dance move made famous by Crip gang members in Compton in the 1970s.
Williams won the gold medal at the Olympics, defeating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 at Wimbledon and capping the career Golden Slam. She became the second woman to win all four majors and Olympic gold. Steffi Graf completed the feat in 1988.
After winning, the 30-year-old did a little Crip walk dance in celebration which has caused controversy back home in the United States. Below is an excerpt from a Fox News article
And there was Serena - the tennis legend, the winner of 14 individual Grand Slams, the best player of her generation, the American girl being crowned at the All-England Club as the queen of tennis - Crip-Walking all over the most lily-white place in the world.
She didn't do it on purpose. It was a moment of unbridled joy. She pumped her fist, jumped up and down, looked into the crowd, then did her ill-timed dance.
You couldn't help but shake your head. It was as if Serena just couldn't seem to avoid dipping into waters of controversy even as she'd ascended to the top of her sport.
Serena's sister, Venus Williams was in the audience and the two smiled at each other in celebration of the moment. Both are gold winners at the Olympics.
When asked by a reporter after doing the dance, Serena insisted she wasn't aware of what she was doing when she did the four dance steps. Serena's always a little disingenuous at press conferences, so I hardly believe her, especially because she knew exactly what the reporter was talking about when he asked what the dance was called.
"Actually, there is a name," she said of the dance. "But I don't know if I - it's inappropriate. It's just a dance we do in California."
Watch Serena Williams Crip Walk Dance at the Olympics Below:
