Women's boxing debut

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Updated On Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

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Members of the Vietnam female boxing team practise at a training center in Hanoi. Vietnam plans to send its boxers to North Korea for training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games in July, according to local media. Reuters/Kham

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Members of the Vietnam female boxing team practise at a training center in Hanoi. Vietnam plans to send its boxers to North Korea for training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games in July, according to local media. Reuters/Kham

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Italian boxer Romina Marenda (L) punches during a training session at the Military Olympic Center in Rome. Lightweight Marenda will be one of Italy's biggest hopes when women's boxing makes its debut at the London Olympics this year, as long as she manages to qualify at the world championships in China. Reuters/Tony Gentile

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Italian boxer Romina Marenda (L) punches during a training session at the Military Olympic Center in Rome. Lightweight Marenda will be one of Italy's biggest hopes when women's boxing makes its debut at the London Olympics this year, as long as she manages to qualify at the world championships in China. Reuters/Tony Gentile

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Members of the Vietnam female boxing team practise at a training center in Hanoi. Vietnam plans to send its boxers to North Korea for training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games in July, according to local media. Reuters/Kham

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Members of the Vietnam female boxing team practise at a training center in Hanoi. Vietnam plans to send its boxers to North Korea for training in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games in July, according to local media. Reuters/Kham

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Sadaf Rahimi (C) lifts weights during a training session inside a boxing club in Kabul. In a country wrenched by decades of war, perhaps it is no surprise that three Afghan athletes going to the London summer Olympic, a taekwondo male duo including Beijing bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai, and teenage female boxer Sadaf Rahimi, followed fighting sports. Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Sadaf Rahimi (C) lifts weights during a training session inside a boxing club in Kabul. In a country wrenched by decades of war, perhaps it is no surprise that three Afghan athletes going to the London summer Olympic, a taekwondo male duo including Beijing bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai, and teenage female boxer Sadaf Rahimi, followed fighting sports. Reuters/Omar Sobhani

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British boxer Natasha Jonas practices at the Santo Amaro club in Sao Paulo. According to the Brazilian team, this exchange of experience with the South American boxers is part of their strategy for the London Olympics 2012, where women's boxing will be making its Olympic debut. Reuters/Fernando Donasci

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

British boxer Natasha Jonas practices at the Santo Amaro club in Sao Paulo. According to the Brazilian team, this exchange of experience with the South American boxers is part of their strategy for the London Olympics 2012, where women's boxing will be making its Olympic debut. Reuters/Fernando Donasci

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Women's flyweight boxers Pamela Paoloa Benavidez of Argentina (L) and Mery Kom Hmangte of India compete during the Olympic boxing venue test event at the Excel centre in east London. Reuters/Paul Hackett

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Women's flyweight boxers Pamela Paoloa Benavidez of Argentina (L) and Mery Kom Hmangte of India compete during the Olympic boxing venue test event at the Excel centre in east London. Reuters/Paul Hackett

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Italian boxer Romina Marenda attends a training session at the Military Olympic Center in Rome. Lightweight Marenda will be one of Italy's biggest hopes when women's boxing makes its debut at the London Olympics this year, as long as she manages to qualify at the world championships in China. Reuters/Tony Gentile

Updated on Mar 09, 2012 08:33 pm IST

Italian boxer Romina Marenda attends a training session at the Military Olympic Center in Rome. Lightweight Marenda will be one of Italy's biggest hopes when women's boxing makes its debut at the London Olympics this year, as long as she manages to qualify at the world championships in China. Reuters/Tony Gentile

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