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Sportsister catches up with Jade Jones

Last month Jade Jones made Olympic history, when she won Britain’s first ever taekwondo Gold medal and became Team GB’s youngest gold medallist of the London 2012 Games, after the 19-year-old proved victorious in the women’s -57kg category. Sportsister caught up with Jade to find out what life’s like as an Olympic gold medallist.

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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to taekwondo

Taekwondo translates into English as ‘the art of foot and fist’ and it is exactly that, a battle of kicks and punches.

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Taekwondo: GB names squad for European Championships

GB Taekwondo has named a strong squad of 15 for the upcoming European Taekwondo Championships held May 3 - 6 at Manchester’s Regional Arena.

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Taekwondo: Jade Jones wins silver at German Open

GB’s Jade Jones has won silver in the German Open Championships in Hamburg, competing in the -57kg weight division.

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Taekwondo: Jade Jones caps gold tournament for GB

Jade Jones capped a memorable night at the British International Open in Manchester yesterday. She joined Bianca Walkden and Martin Stamper as British Open gold medallists.

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Taekwondo: Jade Jones wins Taekwondo World Championship Silver

18 year old Youth Olympic Champion Jade Jones made history in Korea in the early hours of this morning by winning a silver medal on her senior World Championship debut.

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Taekwondo: Jade Jones and Sophie Dickson fly the flag for GB

Jade Jones and Sophie Dickson both produced outstanding displays to contribute to an outstanding weekend for the GB team at the WTF US Open in Texas, with 17-year-old Jones securing a golden finish in the lightweight (-62kg) division to add to her bronze in the -57kg division.

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