{"id":211297,"date":"2025-01-17T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/claressa-shields-on-extreme-poverty-olympic-gold-medals-and-fighting-for-equal-pay\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:03:31","slug":"claressa-shields-on-extreme-poverty-olympic-gold-medals-and-fighting-for-equal-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/claressa-shields-on-extreme-poverty-olympic-gold-medals-and-fighting-for-equal-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields on extreme poverty, Olympic gold medals and fighting for equal pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/F01xfZ4elCM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Claressa Shields on extreme poverty, Olympic gold medals and fighting for equal pay\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F01xfZ4elCM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an inspirational sports movie about a young athlete with a rough background, beating the odds. 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