LEEDS'S queen of the boxing ring met the Queen of the realm today as boxer Nicola Adams collected her MBE at Buckingham Palace.
The
fighter ended 2012 as the first female to win an Olympic boxing gold
medal and was awarded her MBE in the New Year Honours list.
Wearing
Kurt Geiger shoes and a black Phillip Lim jacket for her big day, she
said: “Today I just didn't want to get anything wrong meeting the Queen
and receiving my MBE.
“I think it was a bit of a mixture of excitement and nerves rolled into one.
“Usually
I'll listen to music and my friends but today I was talking to some of
other guests receiving honours and they were just as nervous as I was.
“We were all calming each other down.”
The
flyweight with a mega-watt grin has become of the of the most in-demand
stars of Team GB's success at the London 2012 Olympics. She now hopes
to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Adams,
30, who has been a trailblazer for women's sport, said: “I have not
achieved everything that I want to achieve as a boxer. There is the
world championships and getting a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics
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She
was watched during the awards ceremony by her proud mother Dee, who
first took her to a gym at the age of 12, and her brother Kurtis.
“I think my mum's more proud than I am,” she said. “She's so happy. It's gone from strength to strength for me.”
Since the Games she has been flooded with requests for television appearances,Unique Canada Goose Yukon Bomber with
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Journalists
at last year's Boxing Writers' Club ditched the 60-year tradition of
being a men-only preserve to present her with their prized award for
services to boxing at their annual dinner.
Just a few years ago Adams' Olympic dream was uncertain.
She
cracked a bone in her back in 2009 when she tripped and fell down the
stairs on her way to a bout.View our complete selection of Canada Goose Solaris Parka Jackets.
She was bed-bound for three months and out of the ring for a year.
Adams
worked her way back and in to the ring as women's boxing made its first
appearance at the Olympics at the London 2012 Games.
The
sport still had its doubters and vocal critics but the cheering crowd
at London's ExCel arena saw a high standard of women's Olympic boxing
that was thrilling,his online Canada Goose Outlet can offer you lots of
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Adams is also a three-times world championship silver medallist and a European champion.
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