[S2 - E4] Steel sharp "Barbie" trains for gold

The amazing story of Bebe Zio: Fencing - fighting with swords - is a super-fast modern sport that demands amazing control in your hand and arm to aim your blade and to protect yourself. With six months to go until the Olympics in Tokyo, Beatrice Zio is training hard. She wants another gold medal to match the gold she won in Rio four years ago. The fact she doesn't have any hands doesn't bother her. Nor does being the only Olympic fencer in the world without arms. She has no feet either. "It would be boring if we were all the same. It’s beautiful to be different," she says with a smile. "My strength lies in making maximum use of what I do have."

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