Price turns silver into gold at World Championships

The Welsh wonder was awarded gold on the final day of action after the result of her final against Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands was overturned on appeal in Ulan-Ude.

It initially looked as though the 25-year-old from Newport would have to settle for silver after she was adjudged to have lost the hard-fought final in a split decision (3-2).

But after an appeal was lodged, the 2018 Commonwealth champion was upgraded to the gold medal as GB Boxing finished the Championships with three medals overall.

Price had already ensured she would better the bronze medal she achieved at the World Championships in New Delhi a year ago with a comprehensive semi-final victory.

The 2018 European bronze medallist was a unanimous 5-0 winner over Khadija Mardi of Morocco in the 75kg middleweight category to confirm she would finish with a silver at the very least.

And it appeared she would come away from Russia with silver after the three judges gave the fight to Fontijn (30-27, 30-27 and 29-28), with two scoring it 29-28 to Price.

But that result was then sensationally overturned on appeal, giving Price the gold medal as Great Britain matched their best-ever medal tally at a World Championships.

GB also won three medals at the 2012 edition in Qinhuangdao, where Savannah Marshall won gold, Nicola Adams claimed silver and Natasha Jonas took the bronze medal.

The other Brits to finish on the podium were Kariss Artingstall and Demie-Jade Resztan, who took bronze medals in the featherweight and light-flyweight divisions, respectively.

Resztan’s competition concluded with a split decision semi-final defeat against home favourite Ekaterina Paltceva for her second major medal of the year after a European silver in August.

Meanwhile, fellow Brit and European silver medallist Artingstall also finished with a bronze after an unsuccessful appeal against her semi-final defeat to Nesthy Petecio.

Sportsbeat 2019