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Petticoats in the ring: Women from Bolivia's impoverished indigenous community take up wrestling

posted by AnnGaff, a Women Talk Sports blogger
Friday, May 21, 2010 at 4:17pm PDT

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Chief Technical Officer, Women Talk Sports. I competed in Track & Field and Cross-Country in college at the University of Nebraska and competed professionally in Track & Field (3000m Steeplechase) fr...more

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Thanks to @humungusMMA who sent me this link on twitter, saying "I know you'd appreciate this. These ladies go hard"

Appreciate it I did. Great quotes from these women breaking out of the box to find a competitive outlet.

"Of course, we're fighters," they explain. "What else could we be after all those centuries of oppression and discrimination?"

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