Olympics: Jones wins women's 57kg taekwondo gold

London: Jade Jones won Britain's first taekwondo gold medal on Thursday in the women's 57-kilogram division.

Cheered on by thousands of British fans, Jones defeated China's Hou Yuzhuo 6-4 in a cagey final where both fighters struggled to score. Jones eventually managed to get past Hou's blocks and landed several body shots.

Earlier in the day, Jones ousted top-seeded Taiwanese fighter Tseng Li-Cheng in a tense semifinal she won after a burst of combination kicks in the fight's last minute. Tseng later won a bronze.

Jones was in sharp form on Thursday, delivering multiple head shots and successfully jamming her opponents' attempts to score on her.

The other bronze medal was won by France's Marlene Harnois.