Why double Olympic champion is calling time on her taekwondo career
Jade Jones is taking up a new challenge
www.the-independent.comJade Jones is the British taekwondo athlete who secured Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016 to make history, one of taekwondo's greats. In 2024 Paris, she received clearance to compete following the UKAD ruling regarding a missed test, allowing her bid for a third Olympic medal. She exited Paris with an early-round defeat, addressing the missed test controversy and affirming she has never taken drugs. Jones crashes out of Olympic taekwondo tournament: I froze up. The more you win the harder it gets.
Jade Jones is taking up a new challenge
www.the-independent.comGB star Jade Jones suffered an early exit from the Olympic Games; Jones was looking to become taekwondos first-ever three-time Olympic gold medallist, but lost her opening bout; afterwards Jones discussed the mental pressures she faced and denied ever taking drugs
www.skysports.comThe ruling means the 31-year-old is able to pursue her quest for a third Olympic medal in Paris
www.independent.co.ukTwo-time gold-medallist, out after first-round defeat in Paris, opens up for the first time about missed test controversy
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