Jade Jones wins Britain’s first Youth Olympics gold

. Jones, 17, beat Vietnam’s Than Thao Nguyen 9-6 in the 55kg category final by landing a kick to her opponent’s head six seconds into the extra period. The Flintshire teenager is now targeting the London Olympics in 2012. “I’ve had the experience here so I know what it’s going...

Taekwondo Classified as Optional Sport

. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) recently sent a letter to the World Taekwondo Federation on June 14, 2010 to inform the world’s taekwondo governing body of its decision to classify taekwondo as a category 2 sport. The CGF has three classifications of sports: core sports (Category 1), optional...

GB taekwondo pair Sarah Stevenson and Aaron Cook lead rankings

. For the first time in their careers, Stevenson, a bronze medallist in Beijing, leads the under 67kg rankings, while 19 year-old Cook, one of the ‘Telegraph Ten‘, is the new world No 1 in the under 80kg category. Their rise in the rankings comes just two weeks after they each won gold at the...