BRADFORD'S Jacob Barnett warmed up for the World University Games in August by taking taekwondo gold at the Austrian Open in Innsbruck.
It was the 20-year-old's first outing since he became a member of the GB Academy earlier this year in Manchester and the Leeds Beckett University student from Baildon did not disappoint.
Barnett defeated Romanian opponent Andrei Rotaru to win the -68kg division on golden point.
In earlier rounds, he beat Taiwan's Hsien-Wei Lin 20-16, Austria's Sandro Peer 7-3 and Britain's Dereece Williams, a former kickboxer from Wolverhampton, 15-8.
Fellow GB Fighting Chance programme members Williams and Falkirk's Hassan Haider (-58kg) both won bronze medals, although there was no podium place for 18-year-old Luke Jones, younger brother of double Olympic champion Jade.
Jones enjoyed an encouraging start, defeating Switzerland's Anusanth Sangaran 21-5, before a gutsy 23-22 defeat against Holland's experienced 24-year-old Giorgio Janmaat.
North east teenager Simone Abley won gold in the -68kg junior event.
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