PARIS : Jade Jones' hopes of a third Olympic medal in taekwondo were crushed on Thursday after the debutant who ousted the British double champion was herself defeated in the featherweight quarter-finals, closing a back door route to the podium.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Taekwondo - Women -57kg Round of 16 - Grand Palais, Paris, France - August 08, 2024. Jade Jones of Britain in action with Miljana Reljikj of North Macedonia. REUTERS/Albert GeaPARIS : Jade Jones' hopes of a third Olympic medal in taekwondo were crushed on Thursday after the debutant who ousted the British double champion was herself defeated in the featherweight quarter-finals, closing a back door route to the podium.
"Of course, I'm devastated. I came here to win," Jones, Olympic champion in London in 2012 and again in Rio four years later, told reporters after Reljikj's defeat. Despite a difficult lead-up to the Games, Jones had strived to avoid a repeat of the same scenario she went through in Tokyo three years ago, when she was beaten at the same opening stage.
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