Olympic taekwondo champion Joel Gonzalez Bonilla 'caught off guard'

Olympic taekwondo champion Joel Gonzalez Bonilla has admitted that he was taken by surprise as Azerbaijan's Aykhan Taghizade knocked him out at the -68kg event in Baku.

The London 2012 gold medallist, from Spain, lost 7-5 in the quarter-finals of the tournament, the stage at which Great Britain's Martin Stamper also left the competition.

Gonzalez Bonilla told reporters: "In sport, there is always a loser and a winner at the end, and I'm disappointed that it was me losing today. They only thing I can do now is to come back stronger for the next competition.

"It was a very difficult bout today. I felt quite good today actually, but he caught me off guard."

Taghizade went on to beat Russia's Alexey Denisenko in the semi-final, and will face Karol Robak in the final later this afternoon.