this is the face of usa wrestling, adline gray and someday soon you may see that smiling face on a wheatie's box. colorado springs to get the story. >> think there is say little bit of anticipation and nerves that are building right now. >> yes, that ticker is counting down, but at same time, there is still a lot to could. >> the journey began 19 years when adeline gray started to wrestle at the age of 6 and competed against boys through high school, winning a junior world championship along the way. this summer the denver native will represent the usa on the sports' biggest stage. >> there there is not that many in the country and olympics is one of the ways that we have an opportunity to really be able to expand our wings and test ourselves physically and else emotionally and allow young girls to dream big. % >>she dominated with three world championships and no. 1 ranking in her weight class and hasn't loss since february of 2014. adeline hopes to keep that american girl. >> that top of the podium is where i belong and i'm so excited to go out there and earn it. you know, i'm going to hav

. >> reporter: adline gray, a super star for usa wrestling, could be the first woman to win lost an international competition in a few years. >> she grew up in colorado and we just caught up with her at her training center in rio. >> thinking about, dreaming about this trip and olympics for so long, and now you are here. >> i am the happiest i have been in my life, it is amazing to have this extreme high of wow, this is what i wanted, this is where i wanted to be, in beautiful rio, just an unbelievable setting to have it all happen. >> you seem so calm and relax said. i don't know what i am supposed to be like, timid? nervous? excited and happy? yeah, i am calm, excited. i am good at wrestling, going into this competition i know that all i have to do is be myself out there. frt her personal slogan is gray to gold, she has an amazing story, you will hear a lot about her in the next few days. she is just strong and laser we will tell you more all week, we are excited for you to get to know her more. jenny simpson is someone who inspired a lot of people who maybe didn't think they could be great run