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Video: Alaskan teen jiu jitsu champion prepares for the Worlds

A 15-year-old Soldotna girl is crushing the jiu-jitsu world and she's not done yet.

Elisabeth Clay, a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, recently won two gold medals at the Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF championship, the largest jiu-jitsu tournament in North America.

Now she is preparing for the most prestigious tournament in the world — next month's the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation's World Championships.

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Tara Young

Tara Young was a video journalist for ADN.

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