Jade's hopes over after shock defeat
Manchester Evening News|August 09, 2024
JADE Jones' dream of emulating her 2012 and 2016 Olympic triumphs came to an end as she fell at the first hurdle of the women's -57kg taekwondo competition at the Grand Palais in Paris.
- MARK STANIFORTH
Jade's hopes over after shock defeat

The 31-year-old was edged out by North Macedonian Miljana Reljikj in her round of 16.

Her chances of a place in the repechage also evaporated when Reljikj was eliminated in the next round.

Jones came to Paris under a cloud having escaped a ban for failing to submit to a drug test in December last year, with the UK Anti-Doping Agency ruling that she bore "no fault or negligence for the missed test" due to "loss of cognitive capacity".

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