US athlete Elor wins gold medal in Women's World Wrestling Championship in 72 kilos

BELGRADE, SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 21: US athlete Amit Elor won gold medal in the 2023 Women's World Wrestling Championship in 72 kilos on Thursday.The 19-year-old clinched her second championship in a row by beating Mongolian Davaanasan Enkh Amar 8-2 in final in Belgrade."It's incredible. I feel like time is passing so fast," Elor said to Anadolu, "All these practices, all these days are still there just accumulated. It feel like I was just here last year. Here I am again. I'm still in shock, even after last year."About her second gold medal win in a row, the US based athlete said,"I feel sense of familiarity, especially that this is in Belgrade, again. I love this arena. And I just feel like I'm acting more experienced because of last year, but that doesn't make it any easier. It's tough competition."Stating that she was cautious and careful during the match, the young athlete added,"I think I was just a little cautious, a little careful. Kind of practicing not taking as many risks kind of holding on and being patient with your attacks. (..) But you know, a win is a win, win. I'm really happy to be a world champion."Elor stated her Olympics dream and importance of choosing the right weight class for herself saying, "It's been my dream ever since I can remember since I was a little girl. And this is a really, really big year that's coming. But unfortunately, there's the weight, the weight classes for the world changes are different than the weight classes for the Olympics, there's only there's less for the Olympics. And so that is a challenge for me to figure out what weight is best for my body."(Footage by Ersin Siyhan /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)