Going Through It
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Claressa Shields Was Told to Wait Four More Years For The Olympics
21 minutes Posted Apr 15, 2019 at 1:16 am.
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When the Olympics announced in 2012 that women’s boxing would be an official event for the first time in history, Claressa Shields started to prepare for a match that could change her life. But when the president of USA Boxing told her she wasn’t old enough to compete, Shields’ dedication to the sport was thrown into question. She tells host Ann Friedman about how close she came to giving up her dream.