Nicola Adams celebrates winning gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She recently announced her retirement due to fears she could go blind if she continues boxing./Credit:	Scott Heavey/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images

Nicola Adams celebrates winning gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She recently announced her retirement due to fears she could go blind if she continues boxing./Credit: Scott Heavey/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images

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After 16 years, Britain's hit dancing show will finally feature a same-sex couple

Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Nicola Adams will become the first celebrity to dance with a same-sex partner on the UK's wildly popular talent series "Strictly Come Dancing," 16 years after the show first aired.