Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women's flyweight division against France's Sarah Ourahmoune.

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The 33-year-old from Leeds, swept the scorecards 39-37 to become the first two-time women's Olympic boxing champion. It is Team GB's first gold boxing medal at Rio 2016, though super-heavyweight Joe Joyce could add another on Sunday (21 August).

Nicola Adams defeated to Sarah Ourahmoune to make history for Team GB (Getty Images/Dean Mouhtaropoulos)

"The gold rush continues," Adams told the BBC. "I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer Great Britain has ever had. I can't believe it."

Adams became a househould name in Britain after becoming the first ever women's Olympic boxing champion at the London 2012 Games.

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Britain has now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won at London 2012. Adams has won Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles and now becomes the first Briton to defend her Olympic crown since Harry Mallin, who managed that in middleweight, in 1920 and 1924.  

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Ourahmoune had a big rally in the second and third rounds to keep the fight a bit closer than expected. But Adams won the decisive fourth round on all three cards and thumped her chest and pointed toward the sky when the decision was announced.