March 29, 2013 Claressa Shields has become Flint's Golden Girl after becoming the first American woman to win a gold medal in boxing at the 2012 Olympics. Now she has another prestigious award under her belt as her story has won a Peabody Award.
March 5, 2013 Flint's Claressa Shields has qualified for the national top amateur award. After winning the first ever female middleweight boxing gold medal, Shields historic victory is placing her in position for another award. Not only did Flint's Shields win a gold medal, she became the second youngest person to do so.
December 14, 2012 Flint's Claressa Shields is recognized by Sports Illustrated's 'The Year of the Women' feature. History setting female boxer Shields receives due praise for her heroic journey to winning a gold medal in boxing this summer. Flint has been so proud of her and now Sports Illustrated readers can join us.
Coming out of the mean streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa Shields is not stranger to fighting, both in the ring and in life. The Olympics gold medalist is now putting on free youth clinic in Flint to help instill some of that fighting spirit into her community.
2012 is a year that Claressa Shields isn't going to forget and the Flint native has another once in a lifetime opportunity coming up. The 17-year-old boxing gold medalist will be hanging the 2012 Liberty Award Medal around the neck of "The Greatest."
August 14, 2012 Flint's Claressa Shields returned home yesterday to a crowd of hundreds cheering her arrival. The first American woman to win a gold medal in Boxing didn't wait long before going back to the place where the Olympic dream started.
August 10, 2012 Congratulations to Claressa Shields for winning her first gold medal. Yesterday, my timeline was jumping with news about Flint's own Claressa Shields winning the first gold medal for women boxing. So today I decided to share with you how twitter reacted to the historic moment.
The United States won nine medals, including five golds, to take a commanding lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Thursday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
August 9, 2012 Flint's Claressa Shields is Golden! She becomes only the fourth person from the Flint area to win a Gold Medal!
Led by seven medals from its track athletes, the United States ran past China into the lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Wednesday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
August 8, 2012 Flint's Claressa Shields dominated in her semi-final match against Volnova Marina, now she advances to the gold medal fight.
August 8, 2012 Grand Blanc Olympian Geena Gall has just advanced to the semi-final round in the Women's 800m.
