Women demand Cuba support 1st female boxing team
Women demand Cuba support 1st female boxing team
Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press Updated 2:29 pm, Wednesday, February 1, 2017
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban men have won more Olympic boxing medals than fighters from any other country. Now a group of up-and-coming female boxers on the island have their eyes on the gold.
They want government support to form Cuba's first female boxing team and help dispel a decades-old belief once summed up by a former top coach: "Cuban women are meant to show the beauty of their face, not receive punches."
Idamelys Moreno smirks at that idea as she and half a dozen other women step up their training in hopes of changing the mind of Cuban officials.
"I see myself at the Olympics in Japan 2020," she said. "That's my dream."
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