Sarah Hildebrandt, Olympic wrestling gold medalist, eschews fear to end retirement
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Sarah Hildebrandt returned to USA Wrestling competition at the U.S. Open, 14 months after retiring.
After taking gold in Paris, wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt jotted. She tracked every time she had an urge to keep competing and every time she felt ready to retire. Hildebrandt, one of four U.
S. women to win an Olympic wrestling title, ultimately announced her retirement six months after the Games. She seized an opportunity to become a U.
S. women's national team assistant coach. Yet she kept updating that running log in her phone.
"Every single day I was like, 'Do I want to come back? I don't know,'" she said. "I would sway back and forth.
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