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BONUS: Shock arrest & going pro with first refugee to win an Olympic medal

BONUS: Shock arrest & going pro with first refugee to win an Olympic medal

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A special bonus episode for an interview that blew us away.
Cindy Ngamba was the first refugee to win an
Olympic medal and is about to make her professional boxing debut
on the undercard of the Natasha Jonas v Lauren Price fight.

Cindy joined Gabby and Mark to share her incredible story of
arriving in Bolton from Cameroon aged 11 with no mother to tell
her about deodorant and periods, to the trauma of a shock arrest,
and the heartbreak of having her UK citizenship application
repeatedly rejected, even though she can't return to Cameroon
because she's openly gay.

You'll feel her energy when she describes the moment she
discovered boxing, going through almost three years of fitness
drills before she was allowed to spar. That journey took her all
the way to the Paris Olympics, where she couldn't compete with
Team GB despite training with them. With an Olympic bronze medal
now in her cabinet, she tells us about what it's been like
turning pro and being on the historic all-female card at the
Royal Albert Hall for her professional debut.

Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides

Producer: Sophie Penney

Video Producers: Sam Trudgill

Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland

Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network

Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global

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