Claressa Shields is Back to Box at the Rio Olympics

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 13, 2016

Claressa Shields, an American boxer, returns to the Olympics this summer after she won a gold medal as a 17 year old in 2012, during the first ever women's Olympic boxing competition.

Radio producer and filmmaker Sue Jaye Johnson documented Shields' path to the Olympics and the win's aftermath in the new documentary, "T-Rex."

There's an Olympic gold medalist in the studio! Boxer @Claressashields and filmmaker @SueJayeJohnson now on @WNYC. pic.twitter.com/vw8CMhT1Gf
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