Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones launches boxing career

FILE - Jade Jones, of Britain, kisses her gold medal in women's 57-kg taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016.

FILE - Jade Jones, of Britain, kisses her gold medal in women's 57-kg taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)


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LONDON — Jade Jones, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo, is switching to boxing. Jones took gold for Britain in 2012 and 2016 and competed in four Games most recently in Paris last year. But at the age of 31 she has announced her move to boxing. She tells the BBC "The dream is to be a world champion. To be a world champion in two sports would be pretty cool." She will be trained by former British and Commonwealth featherweight champion Stephen Smith.

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