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In an instant, a young athlete's Olympic hopes were dashed. Or so thought undefeated Shadow Hills High School star wrestler Caitlin Cardenas. It was February 3, 2016, and the then-15-year-old was practicing with her 21-year-old brother (and coach) Sal Cardenas Jr. for a looming California Interscholastic Federation meet. "I had just hurt my shoulder, so he was trying to avoid it, and ended up rolling me through my [left] elbow," Cardenas, now 17, recalls of that fateful day. "I felt something snap, and I freaked out."