London 2012 gold medallist Nicola Adams’ bid to retain her Olympic title received another boost on Sunday as she won the European Olympic qualifier in Turkey.
The 33-year-old sealed her spot on the plane to Rio on Thursday, but put the icing on the cake by beating Bulgaria's Stanimira Petrova by split decision to take gold overall.
May’s World Championships in Kazakhstan are up next for Adams, which will be a huge target for the flyweight as it is the only major title she is yet to win.
"Winning this gold shows I am still a strong force in Europe and it has set me up nicely for the World Championships,” she said. “I want to go there and win a gold medal.
“Hopefully I can become a European champion, world champion and Olympic champion all in one year.”
Elsewhere, Joe Joyce also sealed a gold and celebrated with a backflip in the ring. The 6ft 5in super heavyweight showing as much finesse in his celebration as he did during his bout with Magomedrasul Majidov.
He beat the Olympic bronze medallist from Azerbaijan by split decision, while heavyweight Lawrence Okolie scooped a third gold on Sunday, although Welshman Joe Cordina had to settle for silver in his lightweight final. Sportsbeat 2016