Double Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones will compete in her fourth Olympic Games for Team GB this summer, after being named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as part of the taekwondo team of four that will travel to Paris. The 31-year-old is now set to equal Sarah Stevenson’s record of competing at four Olympic
Three of GB Taekwondo’s most experienced fighters have been selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games this summer. Amy Truesdale and Beth Munro both claimed medals when Para taekwondo made its debut at Tokyo 2020 – the pair will travel to the French capital alongside Games debutant Matt Bush, who missed out
Beth Munro stormed to a sensational silver in just her second international competition to become ParalympicsGB’s very first medallist in taekwondo. Munro took her place on the K44 -58kg podium after Denmark’s Lisa Gjessing’s experience proved to be the difference, winning all three rounds with a total scoreline of 32-14 in the gold-medal contest. The
Bianca Walkden is already looking to Paris 2024 after landing her second consecutive Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. The world champion and world number one was edged out in her 67kg semi-final in a close and cagey contest with South Korea’s Lee Da-bin – who overhauled Walkden’s lead with a high-scoring head kick in
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