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Team GB’s Adams’ golden chance
- Updated: August 19, 2016
Nicola Adams can go down in history again if she picks up Rio 2016 gold by beating France’s Sarah Ourahmoune in the women’s flyweight final.
The Leeds golden girl was of course the first-ever female to be crowned Olympic boxing champion four years ago, but this time she will be the first to retain her title.
American star Claresa Shield is expected to do the same, but with her final on Sunday evening, Adams could pip her to a place in the record books – at 6pm on Saturday.
The 30-year-old could also become Team GB’s first boxing gold medallist in another bumper Olympic bonanza. Men’s super-heavyweight Joe Joyce could so the same on Sunday if he beats Tony Yoka in the second leg of the Anglo-French battle.
It may …
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