Japan's senior cheerleaders

Cheerleading is a highly competitive and popular sport in many parts of the world.

In most places it is thought of as something young people do. But not in Japan.

In the Japan Senior Cheer Association, women in their 60s and 70s dance and shake their pom-poms in competitions across the country.

Linda Yueh went along to a rehearsal.

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