Lauren Price spent almost 20 years dreaming of what it would be like to step on an Olympic podium, to occupy the highest spot. At eight years old, perhaps the image in her mind was a simple one. As the years went by, maybe the questions began to arise: How weary would her legs feel? How many bruises would her hands hold? How heavily would the gold medal hang?
At 27 years old, in a boxing ring in Tokyo, Price would get her answers. Yet they would also force her to ask new questions, and to dream new dreams.
