Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight. Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final. The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to
The Woman Who Walked into Doors 2003. The Woman Who Walked into Doors The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, adapted from the 1994 RTÉ/BBC miniseries "Family". The novel tells the struggle and survival of an abused wife named Paula Spencer. It is narrated by the victim. The title comes from an incident narrated in the book, where Paula's husband asks her how she received a bruise he was responsible for, and she replies that she "walked into a door." A sequel, "Paula Spencer", was published in 2006. The narrative blends her recounting of the circumstances of her