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Women sumo wrestlers 'breaking prejudice' in Brazil

Video Credit: AFP English - Duration: 01:50s - Published
Women sumo wrestlers 'breaking prejudice' in Brazil

Women sumo wrestlers 'breaking prejudice' in Brazil

In Brazil, women Sumo wrestlers are used to people saying they are too small or too fragile to practise a sport typically associated with hulking Japanese men.

But they insist that is just fuel for their fighting spirit when they get in the "dojo," or ring.


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Sumo wrestling, brought to Brazil by Japanese immigrants in the early 20th century, is growing fast in the country and women make up around half the country's 600 sumo wrestlers.

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