- Jones, 28, suffers shock first-round defeat in taekwondo
- Briton still has medal lifeline by chance of bronze in repechage
The Refugee Team athlete Kimia Alizadeh caused a stunning shock on the second morning of the Tokyo Games, knocking out Great Britain’s double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones in the first round at Makurahi Hall.
Alizadeh, who became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at Rio 2016 behind Jones, 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.
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