16 Year-Old Cherokee Girl Named 'Best Lifter', Eyes Olympics

At 16, Cherokee Nation citizen Kylee Russell continues to shatter stereotypes and records every time she competes at an Amateur Athletic Union weightlifting meet.The Kansas High School sophomore holds both national and world records in bench press, squat, dead lift and total weight lifted in the 14-15 age group and 181-pound weight class. Now, Russell dreams of Olympic glory.

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