DOUBLE Olympic champion Jade Jones will spearhead Great Britain’s four-strong taekwondo challenge at Paris 2024.
The 31-year-old Welsh athlete from Flint is set to equal Sarah Stevenson’s record of competing at four Olympic Games for Team GB’s taekwondo squad.
“This will be my fourth Olympic Games, fifth including the Youth Olympics,” said Jones, who became Britain’s first taekwondo gold medallist at London 2012 before retaining her title in Rio de Janeiro four years later.
“This one feels extra special, almost like the very first again when I was 19.
“People don’t understand how hard it is to even qualify for an Olympics, so I am super-proud and can’t wait to fight my heart out for GB and myself once again.”
Jones will be joined in Paris by Doncaster’s double world champion Bradly Sinden.
The 25-year-old’s silver at Tokyo 2020 made him only the second British man to win a medal since the sport was introduced to the Games in 2000.
European champions Caden Cunningham, 21, and Rebecca McGowan, 24, complete the squad, with both heavyweights making their Olympic debuts.
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