Last update on. From the section OlympicsLauren Price, from Britain, became the first Welsh boxer to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing when she defeated Li Qian of China in the women's midweight final.Price, 27 years old, won a victory by 5-0 points at the Kokugikan Arena Tokyo to win Britain's 22nd Olympic gold.After Nicola Adams' 2012 and 2016 flyweight victories, she becomes the second British woman who has won boxing gold.Britain won 65 medals at Tokyo. This is the same as their London 2012 total of 22 golds, 21 bronzes and 22 silvers.Price said that he couldn't put it into words, but it was a dream come to life."I still need to pinch myself. It took years of hard work, but if you dream big and work hard enough, you can accomplish anything."I'm over the moon, and I want to thank everybody who supported me since eight years of age."Price lost her grandfather Derek in November. Price, in an emotional interview dedicated her gold medal to him as well as to Linda, her grandmother.Price, who was three days old when she was raised by her grandparents, said that it's for him as well as my nan."I cannot really express how they have done for me over the years. They are so special to me."Big shout out my Nan, I can't WAIT to see her and show off my medal."Lauren Price, Team GB boxer, meets the Duke of CambridgeAmazing athlete Price is historyPrice, who is a former world champion in kickboxing and played international football for Wales, won the first round against Li. She was able to punch her taller opponent with ease thanks to her quick hands and feet.In the second round, she continued her dominance and controlled the pace while her 31-year old opponent struggled to land. Price was awarded the round by four judges, so Li had to be stopped or knocked out in the final round.Price was not in danger in the third, as her near flawless performance earned her a margin of 30-27 on four judges' scorecards while she won the other by a 29-28 win.Adams watched from the BBC studio and said Price was an overwhelming winner.The double gold medallist said that Lauren had her tactics right and Li couldn't handle it. It was like watching sparring."She handled all the pressure very well."After Fred Evans' win at London 2012 as welterweight, and Ralph Evans' bronze medal at the 1972 Games in Munich as light-flyweight, Price was already the only Welsh boxer to win an Olympic Boxing Medal.Newport-born fighter also represented Wales at international level in various age groups in netball, taekwondo, and has won British, European and world honours in kickboxingShe was a defender for Wales' national football side by side across all age groups, winning two senior caps and playing 52 times before turning her attention to boxing.Lauren Price (number five), played 52 games for the Wales national women’s football teamShe set a new standard in history when she became the first woman from Wales to win a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in Glasgow, in 2014. Four years later, she won gold on Australia's Gold Coast. In 2019, she was awarded a World Championship gold medal.GB's end boxing event was crowned with six medals, two of which were goldsAfter Galal Yafai's victory in Saturday's men's flyweight contest, Price's gold was Britain’s second entry in Tokyo's ring.Pat McCormack (men’s welterweight), and Ben Whittaker, (men’s light-heavyweight), won silvers. Frazer Clarke and KarissArtingstall (women’s featherweight) received bronze medals.This means that Team GB won six medals – two gold, two and two silver – from their eleven-strong team. It is the most British boxing medals since Antwerp 1920. However, they did win three golds in London 2012.On Sunday, Beatriz Ferreira from Brazil was defeated by Kellie Harrington of Ireland in the women's lightweight final.Harrington, who is 31 and works as a cleaner in a Dublin hospital, was the second woman from Ireland to win boxing gold, after Katie Taylor won lightweight gold at the 2012 Olympics.Harrington put in a great performance, winning unanimously by points. Two of the five judges gave her the win by 30-27 margins and three scored it 29-28.
