Doncaster taekwondo star named as Team GB 'one to watch' at Paris Olympics

25-year-old Bradly Sinden, who hails from Stainforth, picked up a silver in the men’s -68kg category at the Tokyo games in 2021 – but was left bitterly disappointed at missing out on the gold.

But the Press Association has named him as one of seven Team GB and Ireland competitors to look out for when the games get under way in Paris on July 26.

The news agency said: “The Doncaster taekwondo star was disappointed with a silver medal in the men’s -68kg category in Tokyo and vowed to learn from his mistakes.

"He will return to Olympic competition with a second world title in the bag and as a strong favourite to finally make good on his lifelong ambition and turn that agonising silver into gold in the French capital.”

Three years ago in Tokyo, the then-21-year-old was eight seconds away from Olympic gold when his final opponent Ulugbek Rashitov of Uzbekistan caught him unawares with a kick to the head and the body to snatch the title and leave Sinden with a disappointing silver.

Bradly won gold at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, becoming the first British male World Taekwondo champion and took his first European title in Manchester in 2022.

And in 2023, he regained his world crown, beating South Korea's Jin Ho-jun in the final at the World Taekwondo Championships in Baku.