Gold For The Young One
Amit Elor, the 20-year-old sensation from the United States in women’s freestyle wrestling, has won a gold medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at 68 kg in women’s freestyle, becoming the youngest American wrestler of any gender or discipline to win Olympic gold.
Elor controlled 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan in the finals on Tuesday night, 3-0. All of her points were scored in the first period, when Elor scored on a counter takedown, then added another point after Zhumanazarova was placed on the shot clock and did not score. In the second period, Elor continued to force the action, but no other points were scored.
She was dominant on Monday, beating 2023 World champion Buse Cavusoglu Tosun of Turkey, 10-2, then shut out Wiktoria Choluj of Poland, 8-0 in the quarterfinals. Her semifinals win was a 10-0 technical fall over Sol Gum Pak of North Korea.
Gold For The Young One
Amit Elor, the 20-year-old sensation from the United States in women’s freestyle wrestling, has won a gold medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at 68 kg in women’s freestyle, becoming the youngest American wrestler of any gender or discipline to win Olympic gold.
Elor controlled 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan in the finals on Tuesday night, 3-0. All of her points were scored in the first period, when Elor scored on a counter takedown, then added another point after Zhumanazarova was placed on the shot clock and did not score. In the second period, Elor continued to force the action, but no other points were scored.
She was dominant on Monday, beating 2023 World champion Buse Cavusoglu Tosun of Turkey, 10-2, then shut out Wiktoria Choluj of Poland, 8-0 in the quarterfinals. Her semifinals win was a 10-0 technical fall over Sol Gum Pak of North Korea.