Jones stops Hou to add to Britain's gold tally
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August 11, 2012, Saturday
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JADE Jones won Britain's first Olympic taekwondo gold medal after beating China's Hou Yuzhuo in the final of the women's featherweight division.
Jones, who had lost to Hou in the final of last year's world championships, rode a wave of support from the home crowd to bully her way past the Chinese fighter, running out a 6-4 winner on Thursday.
The 19-year-old from north Wales grabbed British and Welsh flags from the crowd and raced around in a lap of honor as the 8,000 fans in the ExCel arena roared her on. "It feels crazy. It's amazing and the crowd's amazing," she said. "To be the first (British) athlete to win Olympic (taekwondo) gold is amazing."
Hou was not too disappointed to miss out on gold and conceded that Jones had been the stronger fighter.
"This is my first Olympic Games, so I'm 90 percent satisfied with the silver medal," said Hou. "I've already been world champion twice but at the Olympic Games there's more pressure."
Marlene Harnois of France and Chinese Taipei's Tseng Li-cheng won the bronze medals after the repechage competition.
Jones, who had lost to Hou in the final of last year's world championships, rode a wave of support from the home crowd to bully her way past the Chinese fighter, running out a 6-4 winner on Thursday.
The 19-year-old from north Wales grabbed British and Welsh flags from the crowd and raced around in a lap of honor as the 8,000 fans in the ExCel arena roared her on. "It feels crazy. It's amazing and the crowd's amazing," she said. "To be the first (British) athlete to win Olympic (taekwondo) gold is amazing."
Hou was not too disappointed to miss out on gold and conceded that Jones had been the stronger fighter.
"This is my first Olympic Games, so I'm 90 percent satisfied with the silver medal," said Hou. "I've already been world champion twice but at the Olympic Games there's more pressure."
Marlene Harnois of France and Chinese Taipei's Tseng Li-cheng won the bronze medals after the repechage competition.
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