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Paris Olympics: Amit Elor, Team USA’s wrestling phenom, wins historic gold

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PARIS — Amit Elor, a 20-year-old wrestling wunderkind from California, capped a five-year run of invincibility with history here at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday.

She won gold in wrestling’s 68-kilogram division, beating Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 in the final at Arena Champ-de-Mars.

Elor scored two points on a takedown in the first period and earned another point after Zhumanazarova was penalized after the activity period expired.