Female boxing has come a long way - and at Paris 2024, the most gender-equal Olympics in history, there will be 124 female boxers, just one fewer than the men.
CGTN’s Ken Browne spoke to two medal hopes - one from Spain, one from China.
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CGTN’s Ken Browne spoke to two medal hopes - one from Spain, one from China.
#boxing #boxer #olympics #paris2024
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00:00She's the reigning world and Asian Games champion and now has her sights set on topping the podium at this summer's Olympics
00:07Who is one of China's big gold medal threats at Paris 2024 at 29?
00:13She's gone from a girl with a dream who grew up in great in Guizhou
00:17To a woman among the favorites for Olympic gold in the 50 kg category
00:24You were ten years off stage for one minute on stage in the ring
00:28You have to be tight. You must concentrate concentrate all your attention five years ago before the World Military Boxing
00:35Championships who told cgtn I
00:39Love to get dressed up and wear makeup, but when I get in the ring, I'm a different person
00:45That person won gold at those championships and that's the color she has her sights set on once more in France
00:53But it won't be easy women from all over the world are punching up including one pioneering Spanish fighter named Laura
01:00Fuertes at just 23 years of age
01:03Fuertes is already a history maker winning Spain's first ever medal at a Women's World Championships in
01:092022 earning the honor of becoming the first Spanish woman to box at an Olympics
01:17The preparations going very well, I'm a hundred percent focused on my goals
01:22It's the dream. I've been chasing since I was a child
01:26Fuertes says she has a lot of experience around her to lean on like her coach Rafa Lozano
01:31Who won flyweight bronze at Atlanta 96 and silver at Sydney?
01:362000
01:38Train with people here who have boxed at the games like my coach who's won medals to
01:44Fuertes is well aware of the Chinese challenge
01:47The Chinese women's team has made incredible leaps in progress
01:52They've grown a lot as a boxing nation and there'll be a tough rival in my category
01:56I'll have to fight hard to win every bout
01:59That's why I'm training so hard to bring home the medal that shines the brightest
02:03They might fight under different flags and speak different languages
02:07But these two women and many more like them around the world share the same dream of boxing success