The double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs after a shock first-round exit that came months after she escaped sanctions for missing a test in December.
Jones was beaten 2-1 by the Macedonian Miljana Reljikj, afterwards saying she “didn’t have the balls” to compete at her best. But she had arrived in Paris with lingering question marks around the saga, which saw her briefly suspended earlier this year until the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) ruled she had committed a no-fault doping violation on confidential medical grounds.
