The London 2012 Olympic gold medallist, who had lost to top ranked Calvo Gomez in three of the previous four Grand Prix event finals, claimed a 7-3 victory against the Spaniard in the under 57 kilogram category having overcome Sweden's Nikita Glasnovic and Japan's Mayu Hamada in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively.

They last met at the Manchester leg of the Grand Prix Series in October, when 23-year-old Calvo Gomez produced a golden point finish.

Jones admitted the defeats had been playing on her mind. 

"I think because I've lost to her a few times, it's quite mentally hard going in every time," said the world number two after receiving her gold medal. 

"It's just a case of trying to relax a bit more and just enjoy it.

"It's an amazing feeling, especially in the final Grand Prix [of the year].

"She [Calvo Gomez] is a great fighter.

"I've struggled with her a lot over the past year.

"She has a great awkward style and she's just really hard to score on.

"I just have to still keep improving and try and stay on top of it.

"It's always going to be a hard fight with her."

World number six Hamada claimed her third Grand Prix bronze medal of the year, following on from those she won in Suzhou in July and Manchester in October, beating Egypt's Hedaya Malak 8-2.

Britain's Jade Jones (right) beat Spain's Eva Calvo Gomez (left) at the fourth time of asking in a WTF Grand Prix final in Queretaro ©WTF





There was disappointment for the home crowd in the women's 67kg category final, as Mexico's Maria Espinoza lost 4-2 against The Netherlands' Reshmie Oogink.

Espinoza managed to navigate her way past Serbia's Milica Mandic and France's Anne-Caroline Graffe in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, but the final hurdle proved to be too much for the Beijing 2008 gold medallist.

After the medal ceremony, Espinoza's conqueror Oogink insisted she was not intimidated by the vocal home support.

"I knew she [Espinoza] would have the crowd behind her," she said.

"I still kept focused on my game."

Graffe, the former world champion and London 2012 silver medallist, claimed the bronze medal at the expense of South Korea's Injong Lee, coming from behind at the death to win 5-4.

Meanwhile, in the men's under 68kg category final, world number two Alexey Denisenko of Russia beat Spain's Joel Gonzalez Bonilla 9-5.

Denisenko, the London 2012 bronze medallist, also saw off Mexico's Saul Gutierrez and Iran's Behnam Asbaghikhanghah to claim his third Grand Prix crown.

Asbaghikhanghah, the reigning world champion, was awarded the bronze medal after Turkey's Servet Tazegul, the London 2012 gold medallist, pulled out of the third-place playoff with an injury.


The Netherlands' Reshmie Oogink (centre) beat home favourite Maria Espinoza (left) in the women's 67kg category final ©WTF





South Korea's Dongmin Cha won 6-5 against Uzbekistan's Jasur Baykuziyev in the men's 80kg category final to add to the silver and bronze medals won by his compatriots Taemoon Cha and Taehun Kim yesterday.

The Beijing 2008 champion overcame Italy's Carlo Molfetta and Iran's Sajjad Mardani en-route to the final.

Mardani won the bronze medal by default after the United States' Stephen Lambdin withdrew through injury.

Russia topped the medals tally after two days of action with two golds and one bronze, followed by Iran with one gold, one silver and two bronze.

The conclusion of the Grand Prix final makes way for the start of the WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships here tomorrow.

The two-day competition features eight male and eight female teams battling for gold medals.

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