Cook serves up gold

Aaron Cook bounced back from disappointment two weeks ago to claim gold at the Dutch Open taekwondo.

Cook serves up gold in Dutch Open taekwondo

British taekwondo star Aaron Cook bounced back from German disappointment two weeks ago to claim gold at the Dutch Open. Bronze at the German Open a fortnight ago did not sit well with Cook and he responded by getting the better of fellow Briton Lutalo Muhammad in Saturday's semi-finals. Muhammad had beaten Cook in German at the same stage, and their battle for supremecy at the -80kg category looks set to rumble on. Cook went on to the final at the Dutch Open and won a thrilling contest 9-8 against Argentina's Sebastian Crismanich. Londoner Muhammad's impressive run to a bronze medal included an impressive 7-0 win over European silver medallist Nikolaos Tzellos of Greece.

Walkden joy

Liverpool's Bianca Walkden also enjoyed medal success as she made the -67kg final only to go down to the home favourite, Reshmie Oogink, 2-6. In the Junior competition, Jamie Abley added a superb gold medal to his silver from Germany as he continues his preparations for the upcoming World Junior Championships in Egypt next month. Dropping only four points throughout his -59kg competition, he accounted for Azerbaijan's Parvin Aliyev in the final to claim his first A Class tournament win. And in the junior male -55kg competition, Kang Han's Tom Walters (Nottingham) won bronze following a great run to the semi finals where he eventually succumbed to Belgian, Hicham Radi. Sunday sees GB's Jordan Gayle in action at -63kg with Tony Grisman stepping up to -74kg. In the senior females, Stephanie Allen returns to fight in the -73kg competition.