Nicola Adams News

Going to Buckingham Palace today, to meet the Queen and collect my MBE. Cant wait!! #adamseffect

From @NicolaAdams2012 on Twitter: ( 8:20 am, Thu 28 Feb 2013)

Getting ready for the MBE with boulevardier. A casual trim in the hotel http://t.co/rSX9xDSoE2

From @GregJRutherford on Twitter: ( 9:15 am, Thu 28 Feb 2013)

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British boxer Nicola Adams is to be awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list.

The 30-year-old from Leeds made history by becoming the first woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.

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Nicola Adams will get the first of the gold chances when she faces old foe Ren Cancan in the women's flyweight final today.

Adams is now just nine minutes away from realising her 17-year-old dream of hanging an Olympic gold medal around her neck after cruising through her semi-final 11-6 against India's indefatigable Mary Kom.

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Nicola Adams became the second Great Britain boxer after Luke Campbell to guarantee at least a bronze medal after a comprehensive 16-7 win over Stoyka Petrova in her women's flyweight quarter-final at ExCeL today.

The Leeds 29-year-old was simply too sharp for her Bulgarian opponent, wobbling Petrova with a short left and a right over the top in the first round, and again with a stabbing left in the second to lead 5-3 at the half-way stage.

Adams pulled away to take a six-point lead into the final round and book at least bronze - and a titanic showdown with Indian sensation Mary Kom in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

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