T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold
Season 17 Episode 20 | 1h 25m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
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Flint, Michigan’s Claressa "T-Rex" Shields won a Gold Medal in 2012, the first time women were allowed to box in the Olympics. T-Rex is a coming-of-age tale of a girl who learns that in Flint, a gold medal doesn't always make life easier.
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T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold
Season 17 Episode 20 | 1h 25m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Flint, Michigan’s Claressa "T-Rex" Shields won a Gold Medal in 2012, the first time women were allowed to box in the Olympics. T-Rex is a coming-of-age tale of a girl who learns that in Flint, a gold medal doesn't always make life easier.
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Clip: S17 Ep20 | 2m 21s | T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. (2m 21s)
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Preview: S17 Ep20 | 30s | T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Tuesday, August 2, 2016. (30s)
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