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Kenya's 'Maasai Olympics' offer women visibility through sports

A Maasai athlete competes in the men's rungu -traditional Maasai weapon- throw during the Maasai Olympics 2024 in Kimana, on December 14, 2024. [AFP]

A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the "Maasai Olympics", a re-imagining of a traditional coming-of-age rite in the rolling Kenyan grasses.

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