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Mongolia’s “Unbreakable Flower” (17 photos)

Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg, who’s name translates to “unbreakable flower” is determined to win gold in Rio. The female wrestler won bronze in London in 2012 and is training twice a day in with both men and women to prepare for next month’s Olympics. “From ancient times we have been a wrestling country,” her coach, Sukhbataar, said to Reuters. “Mongolian women are like warriors.”

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Mongolia’s Oyuntuya OtgoNbat, right, fights with her training partner during a daily training session at the Mongolia Women’s National Wrestling Team training center in Bayanzurkh district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 1, 2016. (Jason Lee / Reuters)
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