Kennedy Blades defeated an Olympic silver medalist to win the wrestling Olympic Trials and punch her ticket to Paris. But there’s still something missing…
"This whole time I've been thinking about Olympic gold rather than just being an Olympian. There's something missing. That's why I'm more hungry still to keep training," Blades said.Kennedy Blades defeated an Olympic silver medalist to win the wrestling Olympic Trials and punch her ticket to Paris. But there's still something missing for her, and she can feel it.
"It was great that people started recognizing us, because then it would help us push even more in the wrestling room," Blades said. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"She won't break. She'll keep going and finds a way to win," Martinez said.The night before the trials, Blades said she wrote in a notebook given to her by a trainer,"I'm an Olympic champion," over and over.
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