Whitney Conder celebrates after winning the gold medal (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)A smiling Conder ran around the mat with a U.S. flag raised over her head after she captured a Pan American Games gold medal Thursday night at the Hershey Centre.
Conder downed a tough opponent in Mexico's Alma Valencia 3-2 in the women's freestyle finals at 53 kilos/116.5 pounds.
"It felt so amazing to run around with that flag and be able to support the U.S. and I know that I won a gold medal," Conder said. "Winning this is definitely a springboard for me going into Worlds."
Conder scored a first-period takedown and added a second-period passivity point to build a 3-0 lead. Valencia scored a double-leg takedown with 10 seconds left, but was unable to turn Conder and time ran out.
Valencia placed seventh at the 2014 World Championships. This was their first meeting.
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Team USA Results (Thursday)
Greco-Roman
98 kilos: Caylor Williams, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
LOSS Luilys Perez (Venezuela), 11-4
130 kilos: Robby Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) -- BRONZE
WIN Edgardo Lopez (Puerto Rico), 0:40
LOSS Mijain Lopez (Cuba),
WIN Moises Perez (Venezuela), injury default
U.S. women's freestyle
48 kilos: Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) -- BRONZE
LOSS Genevieve Morrison (Canada), 12-8
WIN Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba), tech fall 12-2
53 kilos: Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) -- GOLD
WIN Yamilka Alvarez (Cuba), fall 3:22
WIN Alma Valencia (Mexico), 3-2
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