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she trained in abject poverty

This is Sarah Robles.  She won a Bronze medal in Rio yesterday, first US weightlifting medal in 16 years.

“I still have bad thoughts about myself, but I’ve learned that you have to love yourself the way you are,” Robles says. “I may look like this, but I’m in the Olympics because of the way I am.”

i needed this article today.  thank you.

First US medal in weight lifting since 2000.

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