More than a dozen girls from a remote village in Kyrgyzstan are shattering gender stereotypes by taking to the ice as their nation's first all-female hockey team.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Kyrgyzstan's First Female Ice Hockey Team
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KYRGYZSTAN -- Members of Kyrgyz first female hockey team prepare in a dressing room before a training session in the village of Otradnoye, February 4, 2020

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KYRGYZSTAN -- Young hockey players including members of Kyrgyzstan's first female hockey team prepare in a dressing room before a training session in the village of Otradnoye, February 4, 2020

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KYRGYZSTAN -- Young hockey players are seen in action during a training match between Kyrgyzstan's first female hockey team and the male team of the Karakol lyceum, in the village of Otradnoye, Kyrgyzstan February 4, 2020.

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KYRGYZSTAN -- Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's first female hockey team cheer during a training match in the village of Otradnoye, February 4, 2020