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T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold

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T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold

Meet Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, who rose from the streets of Flint, Michigan, and at 17 won the first Olympic gold medal for women's boxing in 2012. In this coming-of-age story, life outside the ring may be an even tougher fight.

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