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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— Amit Elor has been not just a model of consistency, but a near guarantee for domination during her international wrestling career. Now she’ll get the opportunity to shine on wrestling’s biggest stage.

Elor, the 20-year-old phenom, won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling on Saturday, sweeping her best-of-three finals series over Forrest Molinari at 68 kilograms. She won both matches, 6-0 and 2-1, to make her first Olympic team.

Over the last four years, the California native has become one of 91°µÍø’s top women’s wrestlers. Elor’s racked up the international hardware across various age levels, and the dominance she’s shown along the way has been staggering.

Consider her résumé, arranged by year:

• 2021: Cadet and Junior world champ

• 2022: Junior, U23 and Senior World champ

• 2023: Junior, U23 and Senior World champ

That’s eight different world titles in three years. But wait! There’s more!

Over all eight world championship competitions, Elor has compiled a 29-0 record, with 17 technical falls, 7 pins, and she’s outscored her 29 opponents by a staggering 251-9. No, that's not a typo.

On the Senior level, she’s been especially impressive, winning back-to-back world titles the last two years. The numbers from those events: 8-0 overall record, a 60-6 scoring differential, with three technical falls and a pin, and five shutouts.

These cartoonish numbers are just more proof that Elor is one of the leaders of the next wave of women’s wrestlers ready to take 91°µÍø to the next level — and there is no bigger stage than the Olympics.

Here’s a weight-by-weight rundown of what happened in Session IV on Saturday:

Back-to-back, for those who didn’t get the message. Sarah Hildebrandt is now a two-time Olympian after sweeping young Audrey Jimenez, two matches to none, in Saturday’s best-of-three finals. Hildebrandt won both matches by identical 10-0 scores. A year ago, she swept Jimenez to make the 2023 Senior world team, which Hildebrandt turned into a world bronze medal. She won bronze in Tokyo three years ago, too, and hopes to return from Paris with a gold medal this summer.

Dominique Parrish took out 2012 Olympian Haley Augello, two matches to none, to become a first-time Olympian. In match one, Parrish scored a takedown late in the first period for a 2-1 victory. In the second, she scored takedowns in both periods for a 5-2 win. Parrish won a world title in 2022. This summer, she’ll take aim at Olympic gold.

History for Helen Maroulis, now the first American woman wrestler ever to become a three-time Olympian. Seems like a fitting accomplishment, given that she was the first American woman wrestler to win Olympic gold back in 2016. She added a bronze medal in 2020, and will now get a shot at a third Olympic medal this summer. She earned it, too, sweeping Jacarra Winchester, a 2020 Olympian herself, in the best-of-three series on Saturday, first by fall, then by 6-0 decision.

That’s two-time Olympian Kayla Miracle, after she swept the best-of-three finals over Macey Kilty on Saturday. Miracle rallied from down 4-1 to win the first match, 8-5, then scored a key two-point exposure as a counter to a Kilty shot in the second period of the second match to win 4-1. She’s won two world silvers since she fell short in Tokyo. She’ll be a threat to medal in Paris.

A workmanlike performance from Amit Elor, one of America’s most decorated women’s wrestlers who is now a first-time Olympian. She handled Forrest Molinari, 6-0 and 2-1, to sweep the best-of-three series and punch her ticket to Paris. The two-time Senior world champ, at just 20 years old, will get her first shot at Olympic gold.

Has a torch been passed? Kennedy Blades sweeping Adeline Gray for the Olympic team spot sure felt like it. Blades won 11-6 and 8-3 to become a first-time Olympian. In the first match, Blades scored seven unanswered in the second period to win. In the second match, she scored five in a row to turn a 3-2 lead into a trip to Paris this summer — and, like Elor, she’s only 20 years old.

Round 1: Sarah Hildebrandt (New York AC) tech. fall Audrey Jimenez (Sunkist Kids WC), 10-0

Round 2: Sarah Hildebrandt (New York AC) tech. fall Audrey Jimenez (Sunkist Kids WC), 10-0

Sarah Hildebrandt wins series, 2-0

Round 1: Dominique Parrish (Beaver Dam RTC/Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Haley Augello (Izzy Style/New York AC), 2-1

Round 2: Dominique Parrish (Beaver Dam RTC/Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Haley Augello (Izzy Style/New York AC), 5-2

Dominique Parrish wins series, 2-0

Round 1: Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids WC) fall Jacarra Winchester (Titan Mercury WC), 2:41

Round 2: Helen Maroulis (Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Jacarra Winchester (Titan Mercury WC), 6-0

Helen Maroulis wins series, 2-0

Round 1: Kayla Miracle (Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Macey Kilty (Sunkist Kids WC), 8-5

Round 2: Kayla Miracle (Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Macey Kilty (Sunkist Kids WC), 4-1

Kayla Miracle wins series, 2-0

Round 1: Amit Elor (NYC RTC/Titan Mercury) dec. Forrest Molinari (Sunkist Kids WC), 6-0

Round 2: Amit Elor (NYC RTC/Titan Mercury) dec. Forrest Molinari (Sunkist Kids WC), 2-1

Amit Elor wins series, 2-0

Round 1: Kennedy Blades (Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Adeline Gray (New York AC), 11-6

Round 2: Kennedy Blades (Sunkist Kids WC) dec. Adeline Gray (New York AC), 8-3

Kennedy Blades wins series, 2-0

You can watch the replays of every round from the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Wrestling on . You can see all the results on .