Jade Jones’ bid for Olympic history ended in another early defeat in the taekwondo -57kg first round in Paris.

The 31-year-old Briton was bidding to become the first three-time Olympic champion in the sport’s history.

She was beaten at the same stage in Tokyo three years ago, which she later described as the “biggest low” of her career.

On Thursday, Jones lost the first round of the best-of-three tie to Macedonia’s Miljana Reljikj, narrowly won the second and drew the third.

That led to the number of registered hits being used as a tie-breaker, with Reljikj coming out on top.

In the men’s 68kg competition, Britain’s Tokyo silver medallist Bradly Sinden pulled out of the bronze-medal fight through injury.