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Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain's Jade Jones starts with taekwondo win
Great Britain's Jade Jones made a successful start to the defence of her Olympic taekwondo title with victory in her first bout.
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Published at : August 18, 2016
Updated at : August 18, 2016 20:54
Kathmandu
Great Britain's Jade Jones made a successful start to the defence of her Olympic taekwondo title with victory in her first bout.
The Welsh fighter beat Naima Bakkal of Morocco 12-4 in last 16 of the -57kg category.
Jones won gold at London 2012 to claim Great Britain's first Olympic gold medal in the sport.
She will face Raheleh Asemani of Belgium in the quarter-finals at 19:30 BST on Thursday.
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