JADE JONES is "revitalised" and ready to secure a hat-trick of Olympic gold medals - revealing that Tokyo 2020 might not be her swansong after all.

Jones, who hails from Flint, secured gold at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix at the weekend, before hinting that Tokyo might be too soon for her to retire from the sport.

The 25-year-old's recent trip to the Youth Olympics, which she won in 2010, put everything in perspective.

“I can’t imagine wanting to retire in a year and a half,” she told BBC Sport.

“Being here in the Youth Olympics has reminded me of why I used to win.

“It wasn’t because I have long legs or I’m tactically the best, I just wanted it more than anyone else - so now it’s two years until Tokyo and it’s back to being ‘psycho Jade’ and being ready to win that third gold medal.”

The refocused Jones won gold at the London Olympics in 2012, before following that up with another first place in Rio four years later.

Jones said it was a relief to defend her title in Brazil and that she needed time away from taekwondo afterwards.

Stints on television programmes The Jump and Celebs Go Dating helped Jones re-energise and help her set the target of becoming taekwondo's first three-time Olympic champion.

“Lots of people disagree, but I’ve been training since I was a kid and haven’t had a childhood or normal teenage years, so I think it’s important to do things outside of the sport,” she said.

“We spend most of our time in an athlete bubble."

Jones admitted the pressure of expectation got to her in Manchester over the weekend as she won the -57kg title.

The Welsh fighter looked comfortable throughout in beating China’s Zhou Lijun 11-4 in the final, racing into a 7-1 lead after the first round.

Jones, who was given a first-round bye and her only real challenge came from Latvia’s Inese Tarvida in a 9-6 win in the quarter-finals, explained: “At the start of the day I was in tears because I was so nervous as everyone expects you to win.

“But with the crowd screaming for you it was impossible not to go for it.

“It’s a long journey to the Tokyo Olympics and this is my start and I’m aiming to be the very best version of me at Tokyo.

“There’s a lot of bumps along the way but I feel in good shape and I’m constantly improving.”