In Bristol Tennessee, at King College, women have a new sport: wrestling.? The addition? of a women’s program raised some concern but? each? athlete has to hold their own? “whether they wear a jock strap or a sports bra.”? The women prove themselves on and off the mat, both in practice and in matches. The coach sees no difference in the method of coaching between his male and female athletes. The women are trained just as hard as the men, and that is just what they want!
One girl, Cummings, said her toughest opponent in the high school was her dad.? “I told my mom and she was OK with it,” Cummings said. “Told my dad and he said, ‘No you’re not.’ ” She broke it to him that she was already on the team. He was afraid to see his little girl cry on the mat, a fear she took away her first match. “That first match he sees you’re hand being raised, you look out and your dad is smiling, yeah, my girl just beat your son.”
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