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After Second Gold, Boxer Claressa Shields Looks Ahead To What's Next

6:40pm August 22, 2016

by Melissa Block

After her first Olympic 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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Claressa Maria Shields of the U.S. celebrates her gold medal win over Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the women's middleweight bout at Riocentro, on the last day of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Claressa Shields Wins Second Straight Gold Medal In Boxing Final

2:19pm August 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

At just 21, Michigan native Clarissa Shields becomes the first U.S. boxer — male or female — to repeat as an Olympic champion. She beat the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn in Rio Sunday.