A fairytale for the Fox family – and a luxury party for swimmers

Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios

Aug 6, 2024 – 6.13am

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Welcome to day 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, when if you were an Australian in Paris, the only place to be was at the kayaking stadium to see a Fox family fairy tale come true. Unless you were any other Olympic medallist – in which case you had a date with mining billionaire Gina Rinehart aboard a deluxe cruise boat on the Seine.

Read on to see what you missed overnight.

Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.

Zoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian.