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DIRECT from World Taekwondo Manchester 2018 Bianca Walkden

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DIRECT from World Taekwondo Manchester 2018 Bianca Walkden 

Hey ho silver lining as Walkden narrowly misses Grand Prix crown.  We caught up with her as wins her semi final against the Mexican Maria Espinoza.
 
Bianca Walkden collected GB Taekwondo’s third medal of the World Grand Prix but gold just eluded the Liverpool heavyweight in Manchester tonight. (Saturday)

The world number one and double world champion, bidding for her first Grand Prix title of the year. breezed into the final of the +67kg weight division final.

But roared on by a partisan crowd at the Regional Arena in her adopted city, Walkden suffered a 6-4 defeat to China’s Shuyin Zheng.

It was a case of deja-vu for the 27-year-old Brit beaten by her Asian rival in the 2016 Olympic semi-finals  in Rio.

“All I want to do is try and win gold and I was a little bit off that,” said Walkden.

“I tried a few moves that didn’t come off but hopefully I can go to the next competition and beat her there.

“If I want to be the best of the best I have got to fight the best of the best so bring it on.

“Hopefully next year I can turn this silver into gold at the World Championships in Manchester.

“That’s my ultimate goal is to retain my world title and go on to Tokyo in 2020 and become Olympic champion.”

Walkden reached her third Grand Prix final of 2018 with a 22-5 semi-final win over evergreen Maria Espinoza of Mexico

Espinoza won the Olympic title in Beijing 10 years ago but the 31-year-old also won bronze at the 2017 World Championships.

Walkden, whose journey to gold began with a first round bye, dominated from the start leading 10-0 and then 18-2 going into the last two minutes.

Text by Trevor Baxter

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