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Mercy Obiero (L) watches as her daughter Channel Obiero (R) practices weightlifting in a gym in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, 06 March 2019. Forty-year-old Obiero, known as Kenya's strongest woman, started weightlifting in 1999 by following her brother's footstep. She has represented her country in a number of international competitions including 2012 London Olympics, 2015 All-Africa Games in which she won a bronze medal, and 2016 African Weightlifting Championships where she brought home a silver medal from. Obiero is now using her experience as an athelete to train young girls, including her two daughters Channel and Natasha, in an effort to promote the sport and develop the next generation of competitors in the East African country. (Photo by Dai Kurokawa/EPA/EFE)
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