Two women, one goal: Female boxing gold in the most gender-equal Olympics in history

CGTN Europe

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.  #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

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