James Smith with his two gold medals wrapped around his neck
ILKLEY Grammar student, James Smith, came back with two Gold medals from his taekwondo exploits on Sunday (March 5).
The English Taekwondo Championships were held at Coventry's SkyDome at the weekend and Smith, like he did at the British Championships in December, came home with two of the top prizes.
The year eight student stepped up to the middleweight division (152-168 cm) and battled through four rounds before eventually winning the final 7-2 on points.
In the tag team event James' team, the 'Jaguars' also claimed gold to round of an extremely successful day.
Smith is now looking forward to representing England at the World Championships held in July.
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