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 British taekwondo champion who secured gold medals in 2012 and 2016 to make history, becoming taekwondo's most successful champions. 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. The more you win the harder it gets.