Jade Jones missed out on an opportunity to take her first-ever Taekwondo Grand Prix gold medal after losing to rival Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain.

Jade Jones is aiming for gold at this weekends World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Manchester having taken silver in her previous two major events.

Team GB’s taekwondo golden girl Jade Jones found herself another success after being named as the BBC Cyrmu Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2012.

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...

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

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

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