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“Not having my family there to push me out of that fear zone really did affect me, and I’m just gutted that I couldn’t have done more on the day.” Alizadeh’s hopes of equalling or improving on her Rio performance ended with defeat by Tatiana Minina in the semi-final and a loss to Turkey’s Hatice Ilgun in the bronze medal final.
“I’m absolutely gutted — it’s not how I planned my day to go and I’m just really frustrated with myself,” said Jones.
Sinden, 22, failed to heed his coach’s advice from the sidelines — “Don’t look at the scoreboard” — with 40 seconds remaining and him leading 23-19.
Britain’s Jade Jones and Refugee Olympic Team’s Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin (Red) compete in the taekwondo women’s -57kg elimination round bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe Hall in Tokyo on July 25, 2021.
Team GB did not come away empty-handed, as world champion Bradly Sinden took silver in the men’s 68kg category, losing 34-29 to Uzbekistan’s Ulugbek Rashitov.
Jones’s supporters from Team GB were visibly stunned, with three-time taekwondo world champion Bianca Walkden bursting into tears and having to be led away by another team member..
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