Nsikan Ekandem, Tolulope Ukpanah, 39, Margaret Thomas and Samantha Joseph, 27, members of the female-only security team Dragon Squad Limited, train during an exercise session at Camp Gee Hotel in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, November 18, 2022. Founded in 2018, Emem Thomas, 37, only employs women of a certain weight and shape, creating a safe space for plus-size women to excel in a field that is traditionally male-dominated. "My team is all about plus-size ladies," she explained. "If you have the plus-size body then that is cool for me, before I now talk about your passion and other qualifications," she said. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "ADELAJA DRAGON SQUAD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Members of the female-only security team Dragon Squad Limited, swim in a pool during a training session at Camp Gee Hotel in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, November 18, 2022. Founded in 2018, Emem Thomas, 37, only employs women of a certain weight and shape, creating a safe space for plus-size women to excel in a field that is traditionally male-dominated. "My team is all about plus-size ladies," she explained. "If you have the plus-size body then that is cool for me, before I now talk about your passion and other qualifications," she said. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "ADELAJA DRAGON SQUAD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An athlete performs inside a bomb shelter during a charity powerlifting competition to collect donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov 

An athlete performs inside a bomb shelter during a charity powerlifting competition to collect donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov 

Athletes warm up inside a bomb shelter before a charity powerlifting competition to collect donations for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnykov 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 20, 2022 Malaysia's Aznil Bidin in action during the men's 61kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Surodchana Khambao in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Surodchana Khambao reacts after winning gold in the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Myanmar's Phyo Pyae in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Surodchana Khambao in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Surodchana Khambao in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Dinh Thi Pham in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Myanmar's Phyo Pyae in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Surodchana Khambao in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Dinh Thi Pham in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Windy Cantika Aisah in action during the women's 49kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Malaysia's Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Satrio Adi Nugroho reacts during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Satrio Adi Nugroho in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Lai Gia Thanh in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Philippines' Fernando Agad reacts during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Lai Gia Thanh in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Lai Gia Thanh in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's Lai Gia Thanh reacts during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Cambodia's Pich Seyha in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Satrio Adi Nugroho in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Philippines' Fernando Agad Jr in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Philippines' Fernando Agad Jr in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Thada Somboon-Uan in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Cambodia's Pich Seyha in action during the men's 55kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Sukcharoen Thanyathon in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Sukcharoen Thanyathon in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Indonesia's Siti Nafisatul Hariroh in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Thailand's Sukcharoen Thanyathon in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Vietnam's My Phuong Khong in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 19, 2022 Philippines' Mary Flor Aliangan Diaz in action during the women's 45kg REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar 

War veteran Mark Tonner, who lost the use of his right arm following a bomb blast in Afghanistan whilst on duty during 2010, undertakes his World Record attempt at a 24hr deadlift challenge to raise awareness for suicide prevention at the Veteran Hub in Newton Aycliffe, Britain, January 29, 2022. Picture taken January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Lee Smith 

War veteran Mark Tonner and his daughter Charlie are pictured during his World Record attempt at a 24hr deadlift challenge to raise awareness for suicide prevention at the Veteran Hub in Newton Aycliffe, Britain, January 29, 2022. Picture taken January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Lee Smith 

Bushra Abdul Zahra, a 36-year-old Iraqi local boxing and karate practitioner, trains with weights at a gym in Najaf, Iraq, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

Nawal Bayrakdar, 77, a trainer, lifts weights at the gym in Salamyah, Hama countryside, Syria July 24, 2021. Picture taken July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar 

Hannah Tapp, a member of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team does weight lifting, at a training center, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, in Anaheim, California, U.S., July 5, 2021. Picture taken July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Hannah Tapp, a member of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team does weight lifting, at a training center, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, in Anaheim, California, U.S., July 5, 2021. Picture taken July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

U.S. Olympic BMX rider and defending gold medallist Connor Fields yells out while lifting weights in his garage as he trains for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Henderson, Nevada, U.S., May 21, 2021. Picture taken May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Members of the U.S. National Artistic Swimming team, who were unable to swim for three months last year during the California stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), practice stretching as they prepare to train for the Tokyo Olympics at the Luna Gymnastics center in Moraga, California, U.S., May 4, 2021. Picture taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci 

Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine. His training regime, devised by his father Taisuke, is relentless. He trains six days a week, either at his local sumo club or lifting weights. He also swims and practices track and field to build up the flexibility and explosive quickness needed for sumo wrestling. Kyuta has been on the programme since his father entered him in a tournament while still in kindergarten. "I didn't teach him anything, he could do various things naturally," said Taisuke, a former amateur sumo. "There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent. He won the tournament. I thought he may have something special." A shy boy of few words, Kyuta's motivations are simple. "It is fun to beat people older than me." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES Matching text: SUMO-JAPAN/KID 

Among the young sumo wrestlers lifting weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kilograms (187 lb), Kyuta is twice the size of the other children his age and is so dominant that he wrestles, and beats, boys five or six years older. Last year, he was crowned the under-10 world champion, beating out competition from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Ukraine. His training regime, devised by his father Taisuke, is relentless. He trains six days a week, either at his local sumo club or lifting weights. He also swims and practices track and field to build up the flexibility and explosive quickness needed for sumo wrestling. Kyuta has been on the programme since his father entered him in a tournament while still in kindergarten. "I didn't teach him anything, he could do various things naturally," said Taisuke, a former amateur sumo. "There is a talent for sumo and he has that talent. He won the tournament. I thought he may have something special." A shy boy of few words, Kyuta's motivations are simple. "It is fun to beat people older than me." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON SUMO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching text: SUMO-JAPAN/KID 

Ahmed Abu Zeriba, a Libyan athlete, lifts weight as he exercises to qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games, in Misrata, Libya October 17, 2020. Picture taken October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili 

Ahmed Abu Zeriba, a Libyan athlete, lifts weight as he exercises to qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games, in Misrata, Libya October 17, 2020. Picture taken October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ayman Al-Sahili 

Chanel Okoth, daughter to Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, prepares to lift weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Chanel Okoth, daughter to Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero assists her daughter Chanel Okoth to lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Chanel Okoth, daughter to Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, stretches before lifting weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero assists her granddaughter Keysha Atiky to lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero assists her daughter Chanel Okoth to lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Chanel Okoth, daughter of Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, prepares to lift weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Keysha Atiky, granddaughter of Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Chanel Okoth, daughter of Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, prepares to lift weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 15, 2020. Picture taken September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi 

Chanel Okoth, daughter of Kenyan weightlifter Mercy Obiero, lifts weights during a training session at a gym within Umoja estate in Nairobi, Kenya September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi