Jones using ADHD diagnosis to box clever after taekwondo switch

Olympian Jones using ADHD diagnosis to box cleverImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jade Jones won Olympic taekwondo gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016ByChris WathanBBC Sport WalesPublished38 minutes agoDouble Olympic champion Jade Jones believes being diagnosed with ADHD helped her to make sense of her struggles – as well as her greatest successes.Now the 33-year-old from Flint believes her neurodivergent trait is aiding her ambition to make a fist of her switch from taekwondo to boxing as she prepares for her second fight in her new sport.Jones became one of the headline stars at London 2012 when she won taekwondo gold while still a teenager, successfully defending her title at Rio 2016 to underline her status as one of Wales’ greatest Olympians.But after difficulty dealing with lockdowns and disappointments at the Tokyo and Paris Games, Jones says a diagnosis helped her understand something that was perhaps obvious to others.”It was weird because I always used to struggle in ways that other people wouldn’t,” says Jones, who was first taken to taekwondo sessions by her grandfather to keep the “mischievous” eight-year-old out of trouble.Olympian Jones earns knockout win on boxing debut