Olympic champion Tamyra Mensah Stock and teenager Amit Elor led another U.S. medal surge with title wins Thursday at the United World Wrestling World Championships.
Mensah Stock clinched her second world title with an exclamation point in Belgrade, Serbia.
The 29-year-old from Houston spun around Japan's Ami Ishii and put the U20 world champion on her back for a pin that ended the women's freestyle 68 kg. title bout. The victory clinched Mensah Stock's fourth world championships medal. She won the 2019 title but finished third last year after winning the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
Elor, 18, won a gold medal in her senior world championships debut to become the youngest in U.S. women's history to capture a world title. She scored a 10-0 technical fall against No. 1 seed and 2021 world silver medalist Zhamila Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan in the 72 kg. title bout. The victory clinched Elor's fourth world title at different age levels, including the U20 world championships earlier this year.