Taekwondo: Cook may change nationality for Olympics

LONDON: Britain’s Aaron Cook, the world’s top ranked taekwondo fighter, admitted that he is ready to consider changing nationalities in a bid to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Cook was controversially axed from Britain’s Olympic squad for the recent London Games despite his position as the sport’s leading star and he does not believe he would earn a recall under the current regime. With the next Olympics in Brazil four years away, Cook is determined to ensure his future is resolved so he can go for gold this time. “I dreamed of winning a gold medal for Great Britain and holding my flag high and singing the national anthem,” said Cook. “It would be really sad to let that go, but I want an Olympic gold medal.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2012.