Jade Jones and Bianca Walkden win gold at World Taekwondo Grand Prix finals
By PA Sport
Last Updated: 10/12/16 7:22pm
Jade Jones and Bianca Walkden built on their Rio successes by claiming gold medals at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix finals in Baku on Saturday.
Double Olympic champion Jones completed another near-perfect year by outpointing Egypt's Hedaya Malak 7-0 to claim the women's -57kg crown.
Walkden, who claimed bronze in Brazil, reached the top of the podium again with victory over Zheng Shuyin of China at +67kg.
Jones said: "After winning the Olympics I felt so much more relaxed coming into this tournament.
"People don't realise how hard it is to come back from an Olympics and fight again. It can be an anti-climax so I'm really pleased to get gold because I couldn't do that after London."
Referring to the victory of her friend and room-mate Walkden, Jones added: "It's extra special when we both win titles because we both push each other so hard. It will be happy room and we can both celebrate together."
On Friday, Charlie Maddock had shocked reigning Olympic champion Sohui Kim of Korea to win the -49kg title in the Azerbaijan capital.
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