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 -- Young hockey players and local residents watch 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 -- Members of Kyrgyzstan's first female hockey team come out of a dressing room before a training session in the village of Otradnoye, February 4, 2020

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KYRGYZSTAN -- A local resident watches as members of Kyrgyzstan's first female hockey team come out from the dressing room before a training session in the village of Otradnoye, Kyrgyzstan February 4, 2020.

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KYRGYZSTAN -- A young hockey player practices his putting during a training session in the village of Otradnoye, Kyrgyzstan February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020.