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Kenya: Christine Ongare, from the ghetto to Tokyo Olympic Games / V000_9F7497
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A mother at 12, raised in Nairobi's hardscrabble suburbs to survive by her fists, Christine Ongare dreams of becoming the first African woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing. The 27-year-old Kenyan pugilist will have her chance in Tokyo -- her first Games, and a moment she still cannot believe is coming true. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES