An Olympic champion in wrestling has made her way home to the Bay Area.
Amit Elor, 20, made history when she won gold in women's freestyle in Paris, making her the youngest U.S. wrestler to ever do it."I'm getting chills just thinking back to it," Elor said, 48 hours after returning to the East Bay.The wrestling powerhouse and Walnut Creek native is used to winning.The two-time world champion hasn't lost a single senior-level match in five years. But claiming gold at the Olympics is still hard for her to process.
"It's taken my whole life's work - everything from the very beginning when I first started wrestling, my work ethic, the sacrifices I've made over the years," she added.Being a young female wrestler wasn't popular."Growing up, I was embarrassed to tell people I wrestled," she said. "I think that's just awful. I think wrestling is something you should be extremely proud of because it's one of the most difficult sports out there.
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