Olympic champion Bencic: I had goosebumps all around my body

As the Swiss Psalm began to ring out, a beaming, if at times teary, Belinda Bencic stood atop the podium with a gold medal dangling from her neck. Her dreams had come true and the vision of Olympic glory, which she had held since childhood, was now a reality.

An inspired Bencic had just defeated Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova to become the first Swiss woman – and only the second player from Switzerland after Marc Rosset in 1992 – to win gold at the Olympic Tennis Event.

Following a whirlwind week, the hand of history was firmly on the 24-year-old’s shoulder and despite all the emotion and ecstasy which an unexpected gold rush brings, Bencic was not about to let the moment pass her by.

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