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NPR Claressa Shields on the definition of a strong woman: “When [I'm] boxing, I look so strong and I'm punching so hard and I'm punching so fast, and [I] make people feel intimidated. I think that now people are starting to embrace that. The definition Read more ... of a strong woman is Laila Ali. LUCIA RIJKER. Serena Williams. Claressa Shields."
After Second Gold, Boxer Claressa Shields Looks Ahead To What's Next
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After her first Olympics gold medal in 2012, endorsements didn't follow. This time around, Shields isn't worried. "Everybody wants a tough, strong woman in their life!" she says.
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People It's been a hard fight for two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields, who grew up in poverty and bounced between dozens of homes before she was even 12.
Claressa Shields Makes History as First American Boxer to Win Back-to-Back Gold: 'I Feel Like I'm Dr
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Claressa Shields celebrate winning gold by whipping out her first gold medal from her 2012 London Games victory
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Yahoo News Sunday’s bout was yet another dominant performance – a third-straight unanimous decision.
U.S. boxer Claressa Shields makes history, wins second Olympic gold
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Claressa Shields celebrates her Olympic gold on Sunday. If Claressa Shields was anything coming into the 2016 Olympics, it was confident. “I definitely feel like I’m the best fighter here, male or…
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Washington Post Sports Claressa Shields celebrated with a cartwheel.
Claressa Shields becomes first U.S. boxer to win Olympic gold back-to-back
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Shields beats Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the women's middle 75-kilogram class.
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NBC News Claressa Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan, will compete for her second Olympic gold medal on Sunday. Here's her story.
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The New Yorker When Ariel Levy wrote about Claressa Shields in 2012, the boxer was an Olympic hopeful. A few months later, Shields won the first gold medal for women’s boxing. Today, she competed in Rio.
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NPR Claressa Shields won gold in 2012, but this time it's about more than that: She wants to follow in the footsteps of another young, black Olympic boxer who redefined beauty and power both in and out of the ring. And like Muhammad Ali, Shields' fight f Read more ... or recognition is both personal and political.
For Olympic Boxer Claressa Shields, Round 2 Brings New Expectations
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At 17, boxer Claressa Shields won gold in the 2012 London Olympics. But it didn't change her life as much as she thought it would. After she returned home to Flint, Michigan, she thought: Now what?
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Yahoo “I just want to go down in history as the best women’s fighter that’s ever lived," Flint native Claressa Shields told Katie Couric. Check out the complete interview: yhoo.it/295Cdf7
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Yahoo When women’s boxing became an Olympic sport for the first time, Claressa Shields won gold in London. Now, she's going to be heading to Rio with two World Championship titles, and hopes of making Olympics history. yhoo.it/295Cdf7
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Yahoo Claressa Shields has come a long way from her hometown of Flint, Michigan and could be the first American boxer – male or female – to ever win two Olympic gold medals. yhoo.it/295Cdf7
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