Team USA wrestler Amit Elor gold in the City of Light following meteoric rise at 2024 Paris Olympics
Amit Elor waves American flag – Credit: Getty Images In a span of two days, Team USA’s Amit Elor demonstrated she’s the new face of American wrestling by crushing her opponents at the 2024 Paris Olympics. By Tuesday evening, the ...
Members of the Utah 2034 delegation celebrate as Salt Lake City – Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images The simultaneous awarding of the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics last month provides stability for the Olympic movement and a similar decision cannot be ...
Mijain Lopez Cuba Wrestling – Credit: Getty Images In his sixth Olympic appearance, Cuba’s super heavyweight (130kg/286lbs) Mijain Lopez achieved a feat no Olympian — not even Michael Phelps — has ever accomplished: The 6’5″, 41-year-old won five straight Olympic ...
Sarah Hildebrandt of Team USA keeps her head on top of the waist of Evin Demirhan of Turkey in the 1/8 final – Credit: (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Team USA’s Hildebrandt wins back-to-back Three athletes from Team USA’s wrestling ...
Mijain Lopez – Credit: NBC Olympics In some ways, they couldn’t be more different. Amit Elor: a 20-year-old Californian with her whole wrestling career ahead of her – but isn’t even old enough to drink. Mijain Lopez: a 6’5”, 41-year-old ...
Amit Elor fights her semifinal 68kg wrestling match – Credit: Getty Images Team USA’s Amit Elor, the prodigious 68kg wrestler from California, won her Paris Olympic semifinal by technical superiority — 10-0 — against North Korea’s Sum Pak in less ...
Amit Elor runs around with USA flag in celebration – Credit: Getty Images The French word “oeuf” [OO-fuh] translates to “egg” in English. Chances are Amit Elor‘s first two wrestling opponents at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ Grand Palais Ephemere have ...
Kyle Douglas Dake of US celebrates winning the final of the men’s freestyle -79kg category at the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on October 22, 2018. – Credit: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images Kyle Dake has a lump in ...
Team USA’s Amit Elor could be the next wresting sensation. – Credit: USA TODAY As the boxing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics enter their quarterfinal, semifinal, and final bouts, fans of combat sports turn to the mats. Wrestling is ...
Snoop Dogg attends the United States’ women’s gymnastics qualifying session at the 2024 Paris Olympics. – Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Snoop Dogg has been a staple of the 2024 Paris Olympics as an NBC correspondent and general enthusiast of Team ...