Why double Olympic champion is calling time on her taekwondo career
Jade Jones is taking up a new challenge
www.the-independent.comJones is a taekwondo champion who has won gold medals in 2012 and 2016 to make history, becoming the sport's greats. At Paris 2024, she received clearance to bid after UKAD ruling related to a missed drug test, opening the door to a third Olympic medal. She exited Paris in an early-round defeat, addressing the missed test controversy and reaffirming she has never used banned substances. Jade Jones crashed out of the Olympic taekwondo event: I froze. The more you win the harder it gets.