Tokyo Olympics: Bradly Sinden takes silver for Great Britain after defeat in taekwondo final
| Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
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Bradly Sinden secured silver for Great Britain after defeat by Uzbekistan’s Ulugbek Rashitov in the taekwondo -68kg final.
The 2019 world champion, 22, was bidding to become Britain’s first male Olympic taekwondo champion but was beaten 34-29. He wins Britain’s first silver medal of the Tokyo Games.
“It was my gold medal to give away – obviously he is a good fighter, I just made a few mistakes,” said Sinden. “I think I got unlucky with a few things as well but that is taekwondo.”
Team GB’s first medal was won earlier on Sunday, with Chelsie Giles securing bronze in the women’s -52kg judo.
However, there was disappointment for two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones, who suffered a 16-12 defeat by Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Olympic Team.
More to follow.
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