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Iranian Battles Iranian Refugee At The Tokyo Olympics

Iranian Battles Iranian Refugee At The Tokyo Olympics

Iranian Battles Iranian Refugee At The Tokyo Olympics

Iranian Battles Iranian Refugee At The Tokyo Olympics

Iranian Battles Iranian Refugee At The Tokyo Olympics

Community support pours in for Flint's Golden Girl despite Olympic heartache

How a team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics

How a rebel Iranian refugee left Jade Jones - and Team GB

How a rebel Iranian refugee and being 'trapped in fear mode' ended Jade Jones' Olympics dream Jones explains how it all went wrong against Kimia Alizadeh, while Bianca Walkden discusses her own quest for gold 25 July 2021 • 1:13pm Kimia Alizadeh ended Jade Jones' hopes of a third successive Olympic gold Credit: PA Looking tearful and bereft, Jade Jones acknowledged she had been “trapped in fear mode” as her campaign for a third Olympic gold unravelled at the first hurdle. Beaten by the extraordinary Kimia Alizadeh, a former Iranian athlete now competing under the white flag of the refugee team, the 28-year-old described how she had been overwhelmed by a desperation to become the first taekwondo fighter to win three titles on this stage. “I put too much pressure on myself,” she said. “Coming out, I felt scared.”

Community support pours in for Flint's Golden Girl despite Olympic heartache

COMMUNITY support has poured in after a Taekwondo star's Olympic dream came to an end. Jade Jones’ bid to become the first British woman to win gold medals at three consecutive Olympics came to a disappointing end at the Makuhari Hall in Tokyo. Jones was beaten in her first bout by Refugee Team athlete Kimia Alizadeh and must now wait to see if she will get a chance to target a bronze medal through the repechage. Jade Jones OBE, who is Flint born and raised, is going for gold – her third to be precise. This achievement would make her the first British Olympian to win gold at three consecutive Games.

Tokyo 2020: Jade Jones' bid for British history comes to abrupt end with opening-round loss

For an opening bout it was as tough as they come against Alizadeh, who became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze in Rio behind Jones. Alizadeh, also a two-time world medallist who beat Jones in the 2015 event in Russia, subsequently left her homeland to train in Germany, a decision which led to a period of inactivity that meant she was not seeded in the women’s -57kg category. Refugee Team athlete Kimia Alizadeh beat Team GB's Jade Jones 16-12. Credit: PA Coincidentally, Alizadeh had beaten Iran’s Nahid Kiyani in the opening round of the contest, for which top seed Jones had received a bye.