• First woman to win Olympic gold in her sport
Nicola Adams, the two-time Olympic champion and current WBO flyweight world champion, has announced her retirement from boxing at the age of 37. Adams penned an open letter to her local newspaper, the Yorkshire Evening Post, in which she revealed that continuing her in-ring career risked serious injury.
Adams became the first woman to win Olympic gold in her sport when she took the flyweight title at London 2012 and successfully defended her crown in Rio four years later. She won the vacant WBO belt against Isabel Millan in 2018, less than 18 months after he first professional bout, and bows out with an unbeaten professional record of five wins and one draw.
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This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/06/nicola-adams-two-time-olympic-boxing-champion-retires-eyesight-fears under the title “Nicola Adams, two-time Olympic boxing champion, retires over eyesight fears”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
