European Games 2023: Great Britain’s Jade Jones wins women’s 57kg taekwondo gold

European Games 2023: Great Britain’s Jade Jones wins women’s 57kg taekwondo gold


Team GB’s two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones clinched women’s 57kg gold at the European Games.

Jones, 30, beat Hungary’s Luana Marton 2-0 in the gold medal contest to win Great Britain’s fourth gold in Poland.

Team-mate Bradly Sinden won men’s 63kg silver after he was forced to withdraw from the final because of an injury.

There was also gold for archers Bryony Pitman, Penny Healey and Jaspreet Sagoo, with the trio beating France 5-1 in the women’s recurve team final.

Team GB is competing across 18 Olympic sports at the multi-disciplinary European Games, with qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on the line in 10.

Speaking after her victory, Jones, who suffered an early exit in her bid for a third straight Olympic title in 2021, said: “It’s obviously been a long journey. Everyone knows it’s hard to stay on top.

“I’m getting older. People don’t understand how hard sport is, the rollercoaster of it. But I got gold so it’s just amazing. A couple of members of my family are here, too, which is the icing on the cake.”

In taekwondo, Olympic ranking points are available in Poland.



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