Jade Jones to defend Olympic taekwondo gold at Rio 2016
Last Updated: 22/06/16 12:19pm
Jade Jones will defend her Olympic taekwondo title at Rio 2016 after being confirmed as part of Team GB.
Jones returns for her second Games and will defend her title at -57kg while world champion Bianca Walkden will look to add an Olympic title to her World and European titles at +67kg.
Lutalo Muhammad is also included as he aim to add to the bronze medal he won in the -80kg division at London 2012.
And Mahama Cho completes the team at +80kg after securing a quota place for Team GB in January bringing the number of selected athletes for Team GB to 152 from 13 sports.
Team GB have won three medals in taekwondo since its first appearance as a full-medal sport at Sydney 2000 with Jones and Muhammad adding to the bronze medal won by Sarah Stevenson at Beijing 2008.
Team GB's Chef de Mission, Mark England, said: "After the successes of London 2012 I am excited to see what this team can do in Rio. We have two Olympic medallists in this squad and Bianca is a world champion so there is plenty of reason to be optimistic about."
Jones said: "I'm going to Rio for gold and I'll be leaving everything on the mat so that I can come out of the ring and know I have given it my all.
"The Olympic Games is the pinnacle of our sport and I want to be the best which makes me hungrier than ever and determined to succeed."
