Amit Elor is a record-breaking Olympic wrestling gold medalist. She still felt ‘a little bit of imposter syndrome’ in Paris

Amit Elor runs around the wrestling ring holding aloft a US flag, jumping with joy every so often. She may only be 20 years old, but she has the world at her feet.

Amit Elor runs around the wrestling ring holding aloft a US flag, jumping with joy every so often. She may only be 20 years old, but she has the world at her feet. Elor has just won Olympic gold in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling event, beating Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova in Tuesday’s final on points 3-0 in Paris. In doing so, she became the US’ youngest ever wrestler to win gold. While her celebrations might bely the confidence of someone who expects to be where she is, Elor was frank in her assessment of her emotions in the immediate aftermath. “I’m still in disbelief. I think I have a little bit of impostor syndrome,” Elor said. “Because, like I said [earlier], I still feel like that little kid who just started wrestling, but I just became an Olympic champion.” She added: “It was one of the best moments in my life. I think I’m going to remember it for my entire life. It’s one of the best feelings in the world.”