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WIDER IMAGE-Boxing school in Rio slum shows sport’s power before Olympics (Reuters)
Posted: June 19, 2016 at 5:23 am / Sports
By Daniel Flynn and Nacho Doce RIO DE JANEIRO, June 17 (Reuters) – Beneath a street lamp in one of Rio de Janeiro’s slums, 19-year-old boxer Wanderson de Oliveira does pull-ups from a metal bar outside the Fight for Peace academy while two skinny young boys watch intently. Much of the Complexo da Maré, a […]