Fox sisters moved by sweet gesture
Olympic gold medallists Jess and Noemie Fox have been honoured with a sweet gesture ahead of a major international competition at home.
Olympic gold medallists Jess and Noemie Fox have been honoured with a sweet gesture ahead of a major international competition at home.
Triple gold medallist Jess Fox is returning home from Paris with a new-found fame and although it’s taken some getting used to, she is excited to share her golden glory with Australia after a ghostly Tokyo experience.
Canoe superstar Jess Fox has enjoyed the arrival home as an Olympic gold medallist before, but this time it was her sister’s turn.
The cousin of Jess and Noemie Fox has the next Olympic Games in his sights – something that could strike fear into the hearts of international paddlers after the women’s three-gold haul in Paris.
Tom Green says he will have to shoulder the blame for “screwing up” the start of the K2 final that prevented him and crewmate Jean van der Westhuyzen from winning another Olympic gold.
A quartet of bronzed Aussies has finished just a fraction short of one of the upsets of the canoe sprint regatta, going down to world and Olympic champions Germany.
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.
Noemie Fox has stepped out of the long shadow cast by sister and greatest paddler of all time Jess, to win her own Olympic gold in the kayak cross.
The Fox sisters drawing the same kayak cross heat was their worst nightmare and it resulted in Jess being eliminated as Noemie went through to the finals.
For a nation of 26 million, Australia has punched above its weight in Paris, breaking gold medal records to sit higher on the medal tally than anyone anticipated after day eight.
The Fox sisters have both qualified through to the next round of the craziest new sport in the Olympics. You fall, you ram, you roll. Welcome to kayak cross where a sisterly bond means nothing.
A horse, a monument which sits in silence, and a girl who had five knee operations have been lauded among our top 10 stars of week one of the Games.
A horse, a monument which sits in silence, and a girl who had five knee operations have been lauded among our top 10 stars of week one of the Games.
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