Startline mishap relegates kayakers to ‘dirty gold’
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.
Canoe
K4 OK with silver after nearly delivering Games’ biggest boilover
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.
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.
No-sponsors Noemie to join Jess in gold jackpot
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.
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Fox sisters to take sibling rivalry to Paris, Manning quits sport
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.
Jess Fox’s ‘devastating’ family reveal
The Fox family have had a rollercoaster of emotions in recent weeks after Jess and sister Noemie qualified for Paris amid tragic personal news.
Olympic sister act ‘a dream come true’
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.
The heartracing moment that was better than gold for Jess Fox
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.”
D-Day for Olympian accused of drug plot
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.
Fox makes World Cup history in perfect Paris tune-up
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.
Family affair as Fox joins champion sister at Paris Olympics
Noemie Fox has earned Australia one of three Olympic quota spots in the new Olympic discipline of Kayak Cross, to secure her spot on the Australian Olympic Team alongside sister, Jess Fox.
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