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She will join a specialised high school in September with a compressed work schedule that ends at 2pm, keeping afternoons free for training

Kelis Assembe Ndoum, 15, from Seine-Saint-Denis in France, is a rising star in the sport of fencing. All photos: Yassine Benhoumane

Ndoum's hometown of Seine-Saint-Denis is an impoverished suburb on the outskirts of Paris where a handful of Olympic events will be held this summer

'I'd love to take part in the Olympic Games as an athlete one day,' she told The National

Ndoum in action

She will join a specialised high school in September with a compressed work schedule that ends at 2pm, keeping afternoons free for training

Kelis Assembe Ndoum, 15, from Seine-Saint-Denis in France, is a rising star in the sport of fencing. All photos: Yassine Benhoumane

Ndoum's hometown of Seine-Saint-Denis is an impoverished suburb on the outskirts of Paris where a handful of Olympic events will be held this summer

'I'd love to take part in the Olympic Games as an athlete one day,' she told The National

Ndoum in action

She will join a specialised high school in September with a compressed work schedule that ends at 2pm, keeping afternoons free for training

Kelis Assembe Ndoum, a rising star of fencing - in pictures

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