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The Women Of USA Wrestling Show Up Strong, Earn Three Medals In Lima

Women’s wrestling was introduced to the Pan American Games in 2003. Since then, competitors have been battling not only for medals but for respect for their sport. Thursday at Miguel Grau Coliseum at the Pan American Games Lima 2019, three more United States wrestlers added to that push for equal respect. Sarah Hildebrandt dominated in the women’s 53 kg. final to secure the gold, and Whitney Conder outlasted her opponent to win gold in the women’s 50 kg. final. In the women’s freestyle 57 kg. final, Jenna Burkert lost a close match and claimed silver. 

Hildebrandt squared off against Betzabeth Arguello of Venezuela. It didn’t take long for Hildebrandt to take control. She started with a simple takedown to score the first two points of the match. That takedown turned into a nightmare for Arguello, however, as Hildebrandt began to roll. And roll. And roll. Four consecutive gator rolls from Hildebrandt improved her score to 10-0, a win by technical superiority. The match hardly lasted a minute. In her three matches on Thursday, no one scored a point on Hildebrandt throughout her dominant path toward gold.  “This is the stuff you dream of,” Hildebrandt said. “Running with the flag behind my back as I took a lap took years and years of dreaming. Getting to experience this only makes me hungrier and more motivated. Rest of the story at
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August 18, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized