Team GB medal hope Lauren Price told the Duke of Cambridge that boxing gold at Tokyo 2020 would top everything in her extraordinary career. Price, 27, made more than 50 appearances for Wales Women’s national football team and won senior world and European kickboxing titles before focusing on her Olympic dream. The former taxi driver, whose grandfather died last year, revealed her sporting dreams in a story she wrote at school. GB Boxing performance director Rob McCracken added: “She’s a phenomenal athlete and a real role model for the females, certainly at GB Boxing and in the team. “She’s in a great position now to go on and fulfil her potential, which is winning an Olympic medal.”– Watch the full chat between the Duke of Cambridge and Lauren Price on BBC Sport’s website now.

Source: Express July 19, 2021 18:56 UTC