Summary: <p>Who are you rooting for in the Olympics?</p><p>At Radio Diaries we are throwing away all pretense of journalistic objectivity. Go Claressa Shields!</p><p>Claressa is the subject of Teen Contender, a Radio Diaries documentary that aired on NPR on February. With Sue Jaye Johnson, we followed Claressa as she fought for a spot on the first-ever USA Women’s Olympic boxing team. Next week, she’s going for the gold. One of her fights will be against her archrival, Savannah Marshall, the only woman who has ever beaten her. Claressa said losing was like having your boyfriend break up with you on your birthday…and she won’t let it happen again.</p><p>In honor of Claressa's first Olympic match, listen to her diary.</p><p>And for her fight schedule and results, visit radiodiaries.org.</p>
