How training in secret set one boxer on the road to Tokyo

Rosie Eccles tells Frankie Christou how she knew from the moment she set foot in a gym at the age of 15 that she wanted to fight in an Olympics

Eccles competed in Olympic qualifying earlier this month (PA)

After rolling her moped down her drive in the middle of the night as a 16-year-old, welterweight Rosie Eccles showed a desire to carve a boxing career out for herself.

The now 23-year-old from Caldicot, south Wales, knew from the moment she set foot in a gym at the age of 15 that she wanted to fight in an Olympics.

However, Eccles decided to keep her dream from her parents in fear that they would not support her and as a result she would find herself training in the early hours of the morning to keep the secret from them.