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Colorado Wrestler Adeline Gray Headed To Rio Olympic Games

DENVER (AP) — Colorado wrestler Adeline Gray is headed to the Rio Games after winning the championship round at the U.S. Olympic Trials Sunday night in Iowa.

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Adeline Gray and Victoria Francis compete during their Women's 75kg championship match on day 2 of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Wrestling Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 10, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

The 25-year-old three-time world champion beat Victoria Francis of Litchfield, Illinois in the best-of-three finals showdown.

Gray is a graduate of Bear Creek High School in Lakewood.

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Adeline Gray celebrates after defeating Victoria Francis to win their Women's 75kg championship match on day 2 of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Wrestling Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on April 10, 2016 in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

The Denver Post reports that Gray's rooting section in Iowa City included her parents, her three sisters and her boyfriend.

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