Can Jones claim third taekwondo gold?
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Before Tokyo, everything Jade Jones touched at an Olympics turned to gold.
She became Olympic champion as a teenager at London 2012, before winning gold again at Rio 2016.
Gold in Tokyo would have ensured she became Wales' greatest female Olympian and the most successful Olympic taekwondo athlete in history, so it was a seismic shock when she lost in the first round of competition to Refugee Team competitor Kimia Alizadeh.
There was another shock just weeks before this Olympic Games, as the UK Anti-Doping Agency ruled Jones was clear to compete in Paris after provisionally suspending her for failing to provide a urine sample in December 2023.
The 31-year-old successfully argued against the ban after presenting confidential medical records which UKAD concluded showed she bore "no fault or negligence".
The women's -57kg category takes place all in one day, as usual, with Jones hoping to reach the final at 20:39 BST on Thursday, 8 August.