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Pregnant at 12, now one win from an Olympic boxing spot at Tokyo 2020

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Christine Ongare is blazing a trail for Kenya at the Olympic Boxing Qualifiers in Dakar. The 27-year old "ghetto girl" has been a mother since her early teenage years after becoming pregnant at the age of 12. She shared her emotional story to Olympic Channel at the qualification event in Senegal, where Ongare faces a box-off on Friday (28th February) for a spot at Tokyo 2020.

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