Me a fighting chance, reveals champ Price
world kickboxing champion but she decided ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games boxing was where her heart lay.
‘It’s been a dream of mine since I watched Kelly Holmes win that gold. I didn’t know how I was going to get it and what sport I was going to do it in,’ Price said.
‘I can’t really put into words what it means to me. I’m just over the moon.
When the decision came, I looked up (to Derek, who died nine months ago), he was a massive part of my life and if it wasn’t for him and my nan, I wouldn’t have achieved anything.
‘They’ve always supported me 100 per cent and I always said I’d win an Olympic medal and speaking to my nan before I came out here, I said I was going to get that gold and bring it back to her. I can’t thank them enough, they’ve always encouraged me and spent thousands of pounds on me over the years to send me away to tournaments. This is for them. I can’t wait to get back now, see her and share this medal with her.’
Price has been in regular contact with her grandmother throughout the Olympics and revealed she was given a special message on the eve of her bout against Li. ‘I spoke to her on
FaceTime (on Saturday) night and then when I woke up in the morning, I had another message,’ added Price, the first Welsh boxer to win Olympic gold.
‘She always says to me, reach for the moon, if I fall short I land on the stars.’
As for what’s next, she said: ‘I’m just going to go back, have some time off and relax, go on holiday. It’s only three years until Paris so I may as well tick one of them boxes and do it again.’