How Team U.S.A. weightlifter Olivia Reeves became a gold-medal favorite
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Ever since women began competing in weightlifting in the Olympics, in the year 2000, only one American woman has won a gold medal.
This year, there are hopes that might change.
And many of those hopes rest on the (very strong) shoulders of a 21-year-old college student in Chattanooga, Tenn. named Olivia Reeves.
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