Precision behind Aussie mum’s fight to make third Games
Alyce Wood is all about precision. Her life, her pregnancy were all timed to ensure she could resume training and make her third Olympic Games. Now she’s in the canoe sprint semi final.
Alyce Wood is all about precision. Her life, her pregnancy were all timed to ensure she could resume training and make her third Olympic Games. Now she’s in the canoe sprint semi final.
The Fox sisters’ unique gold triumph promises to be irresistible to marketers as the story of the Olympics, and help self-funded Noemie continue her career.
The shocking moment a father appeared to be denied the opportunity to celebrate his daughter’s Olympic win has emerged.
Kayak’s new demolition derby format could have been invented for a woman with a warrior spirit unleashing years of pent-up ambition. That woman is Australia’s gold medallist, Noemie Fox.
Jess Fox has a story like no other, and her historic win will soon vault her into the same air as Perkins and Thorpe, as sponsors line up to nab Australia’s Olympic hero, writes Robert Craddock.
Jess Fox has finally captured the Olympic kayak slalom title – the one she always wanted – 12 years after taking silver in the same event as a teenager in London.
Jess Fox is a triple Olympian with 14 world titles to her name but the one thing she’d craved so long is finally happening at the Paris Games.
Paddler Jess Fox has had the honour of carrying the Olympic flame down the same course she will be chasing gold. Fox is also the firm favourite to carry the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony.
It’s the race Noemie Fox has been “waiting my whole life for” even if it means beating the sport’s greatest of all time — her sister Jessica Fox — to succeed, it’s what she is ready to do at the Paris Olympic Games. PLUS: Frustrated paddler Ben Manning quits.
The Fox family have had a rollercoaster of emotions in recent weeks after Jess and sister Noemie qualified for Paris amid tragic personal news.
Jess Fox is an established Olympic champion and Australian sporting star and now her younger sister will fly the flag for the first time in Paris.
Australian paddling great Jess Fox revealed her heartrate soared to a staggering 185 beats per minute in an emotional moment that she said was “up there with winning the Olympics.”
A former Olympic silver medallist and his brother have learnt when they will stand trial over an alleged plot to smuggle $200m worth of cocaine into Australia.
Jess Fox showed why she’ll head to the Paris Olympics favoured to win medals across all three slalom paddling events after making World Cup history in her final Games warm-up.
Original URL: https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/olympics/canoe/page/3