Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price gets a phone box to match

Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price's fans have marked her win in Tokyo by painting a phone box gold.

The boxer put Caerphilly county's Ystrad Mynach on the map when she beat China's Li Qian to take the top spot on the podium.

The 27-year-old was overjoyed to see Gelligaer community council had done up a booth to match her medal.

"That's brilliant, thank you so much," the hard-hitter wrote on Facebook in response to a picture of it.

She told BBC Wales she was on the street when she saw it being painted.

"I was gobsmacked really, over the moon as well," she said.

The box is near where her grandmother lives.

"Every time she sees it, it will be a nice memory for her," Lauren said.

"She is very proud of me and happy".

As much as she loved the phone box, the fighter itted it had not quite topped the medal.

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