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Teen Contender

Until recently, only men competed in boxing at the Olympics. That ended at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where women climbed into the ring to compete for the first time. Claressa Shields is a 16-year old from Michigan, and she was one of the boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’ll hear her story today.

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