Why double Olympic champion is calling time on her taekwondo career
Jade Jones is taking up a new challenge
www.the-independent.comJade Jones remains the taekwondo athlete who secured gold medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming the sport's most successful champions. In 2024 Paris, 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. Jones crashed out of the Olympic taekwondo event: I froze up. The more you win the harder it gets.