Here come the girls
Buzz grows around women’s boxing after Olympic decision
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Buzz grows around women’s boxing after Olympic decision
Britain’s amateur women’s boxers impress at the ABAE finals with wins for Natasha Jonas and Nina Smith.
Britain’s women qualify third for Saturday’s team final at the European Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham.
Great Britain’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will play double-headers in Liverpool and Birmingham as part of their Euro qualifying campaigns.
Over 500 athletes are set to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, according to the National Olympic Committee. The number represents a significant increase on the Beijing cohort, which numbered 311 (a total the Mayor would doubtless call Thermopylaeic). That would average out to around 10 men and 10 women in every sport, of [...]
GB Boxing’s performance director Rob McCracken backs the creation of an elite women’s squad to pay dividends at the 2012 Games in London.
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