INDEPENDENT LENS
T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold

Air date: Tues., Aug. 2, 10:00 pm

 

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.

 

Tags: boxing, Claressa Shields, compete, fight, Flint, goal, gold, Independent Lens, medal, Michigan, Olympics, people, public affairs, quest, ring, sport, story, T-Rex, train, win

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