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Olympics boxing controversy, Lottie Tomlinson, Losing friends after a break-up, Golda Schultz

The 大象传媒鈥檚 Dan Roan on the eligibility row overshadowing women鈥檚 boxing at the Olympics

This evening at the Olympics, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif will fight for a gold medal in the women鈥檚 welterweight event. Tomorrow, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting will compete for gold in the final of the women鈥檚 featherweight boxing. Both boxers have faced serious controversy over their eligibility to compete. To take us through what鈥檚 going on, Anita Rani speaks to the 大象传媒鈥檚 Sport Editor, Dan Roan.

Lottie Tomlinson rose to fame as the younger sister of One Direction鈥檚 Louis Tomlinson. At 16, she went on tour with the band as a make-up artist and a decade on, has become an entrepreneur. But Lottie鈥檚 mother and sister died within a few years of each other, when she was just 20-years-old. She joins Anita to talk about her experience of grief, which she鈥檚 written about her new memoir, Lucky Girl.

When writer and counsellor Lucy Cavendish split up from her partner it took her a while to realise that the friends she had believed she shared with him were now his and his alone. She joins Anita, along with Rosie Wilby, comedian and author of the book The Breakup Monologues, to discuss why friendships can fracture in a break-up and the politics of who gets to keep the friends.

The South African soprano Golda Schultz is one of the opera world鈥檚 most versatile and in-demand performers. After a music-filled childhood, she started training as a journalist but made the leap to become a professional singer and overcame severe stage fright. She talks to Anita about her appearance at this year鈥檚 Edinburgh International Festival in Mozart鈥檚 Cosi Fan Tutte.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Editor: Olivia Bolton
Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant

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