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 has won gold medals in 2012 and 2016 to make history, one of the sport's greats. At Paris 2024, she received clearance to bid after UKAD ruling regarding a missed test, opening the door to a third Olympic medal. She left Paris with 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 up. The more you win the harder it gets.