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Flint Gold Medal Winner Claressa Shields Wins A Peabody Award [Video]

Clay — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:11:56 +0000

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. The report that aired on Michigan Radio won the Peabody Award for public radio [...]

Flint's Claressa Shields Qualifies for National Top Amateur Award

LV — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:33:28 +0000

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.

Flint's Claressa Shields Recognized by Sports Illustrated's 'The Year of the Women'

LV — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:50:28 +0000

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.

Flint's Gold Medalist Claressa Shields to Host Free Youth Boxing Camp at Atwood Stadium

Fantone — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:17:11 +0000

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.

Flint Gold Medalist Claressa Shields to Present Muhammad Ali Liberty Award

Fantone — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:26:08 +0000

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."

Claressa Shields Brings Gold To Flint [Video]

Clay — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:43:01 +0000

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.

Twitter Reacts To Flint's Own Claressa Shields Winning A Gold Medal

LV — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:21:42 +0000

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. Below are just a few tweets I thought were interesting [...]

Flint's Claressa Shields Will Fight For Gold After Dominating Performance [Video]

Clay — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:35:21 +0000

Flint's Claressa Shields dominated in her semi-final match against Volnova Marina, now she advances to the gold medal fight.

Claressa Shields Moves On To The Next Round

B-Ray — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:06:37 +0000

Flints own Claressa Shields defeats Anna Laurell in the 2012 London Olympics guaranteeing her a spot for a bronze metal! But I’m 100% positive Claressa will bring back the gold! Keep up the good work, all of Flint has your back! (democratherald.com) This is the new face of American amateur boxing – young, feminine, and fearless. [...]

Flint's Claressa Shields Makes Her Olympic Debut Today – Watch The Live Stream

Clay — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:04:58 +0000

Flint's Claressa Shields will step into the Olympic boxing ring this morning in London as she starts her bid for a gold medal.

Geena Gall: Grand Blanc To London For The 2012 Olympics

Clay — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:59:26 +0000

The 2012 Olympic Games in London will see two athletes from Genesee County as Geena Gall from Grand Blanc and Flint’s Claressa Shields get ready to compete. Gall finished in second place in the women’s 800 meter event at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic trails on Monday night. The Grand Blanc native ran the [...]

Flint boxer Claressa Shields picked for 2012 Olympic Games in London

B-Ray — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:36:02 +0000

Flint native Claressa Shields has been picked to represent America for the 2012 Olympic games! She is single handily showing that something positive can indeed come out of Flint! (Mlive.com) Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields is going to London. On Friday morning, the local boxer found out that she has qualified for a spot on the [...]

Flint's Claressa Shields Still Has A Chance At Olympic Berth [Video]

Ian — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:17 +0000

Flint's own Claressa Shields isn't out of the Olympics just yet. After losing a preliminary bout Sunday at the women’s world championships in China the 17-year-old Shields was left to watch along with a handful of others in her middleweight division.

Good news though, Shields is counting on an additional wild-card berth that will be awarded awarded by the International Olympic Committee’s Tripartite Commission after the world championships.

Flint's Claressa Shields Get's Closer To Her Olympic Dream

Ian — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:28 +0000

Flint own boxing star Claressa Shields is that much closer to her Olympic dreams. The 17-year-old won the American Boxing Confederation’s Women’s Elite Continental Championships in Canada last weekend. Shields beat the top female boxers in the world to win the title. Claressa is back home training in Flint, but leaves for Olympic training camp [...]

Flint Teen Claressa Shields Advances To U.S. Olympic Boxing Finals [Video]

Ian — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000

One thing you should never do is count Claressa Shields out. Shields kept up her surprising charge through the middleweight bracket with a 31-12 victory over Andrecia Wasson.

The impressive 16-year-old built on her upset of Franchon Crews, the top American 165-pounder, a day earlier. Shields, a 16 year old Flint native, now advances to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Finals on Saturday, February 18.