Previously a kick-boxing national athlete, Wang Zhenyao chose Mixed Martial Art to continue her career after a serious knee injury. She started from scratch and kept pursuing her career goal with hard work, especially in China where competition are not as much as abroad.

This is part of Girl City's new series Woman@Work, a collaboration project with students from the MA in International Multimedia Journalism of the University of Bolton / Beijing Foreign Studies University. Stay tuned for more!