Jess Fox rides the rapids of emotion to gold

Australia’s Jessica Fox has run the gamut of emotions after claiming gold.

Australia’s Jessica Fox has run the gamut of emotions after claiming gold in her final individual appearance at the Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Slovakia.

On Friday the two-time Olympic medallist was left reeling after a 50-second penalty robbed her of a certain gold medal in the C1, but she bounced back a day later to snare a fourth consecutive K1 title.

“There are days when you can have great big lows, and to come around and get back out there, it’s what I love,” Fox said.

“This is 50 times sweeter than yesterday. Yesterday was pretty draining emotionally. I gave everything in that run, and afterwards I was very upset emotionally.

“Today I didn’t want to give the video judges any chance of giving me an asterisk or a 50, I wanted to be middle of the gates. I definitely had that fire from yesterday.”

Brazil’s Ana Satila was second and Poland’s Klaudia Zwolinksa third.

Meanwhile, Canberra’s Jayden Sawyer amazed himself with a towering world-record throw to win a javelin gold medal at the world para-athletics championships in London.

“Where did that even come from?” asked the 23-year-old after exceeding his personal best by 4.5 metres with his winning throw of 52.96m.

Sawyer’s effort was just one highlight for Australia on the penultimate day of the world titles as Deon Kenzie won a maiden world title in the 1500m T38 event and wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario also claimed gold, winning the 5000m T53.

Sawyer, 23, placed fifth at the Rio Paralympics last year but felt the big throw for his first world title was reward for his preparation.

“I knew I was in a good place and I have been working on my run-up. It was just a matter of relaxing,” he said.

“My coach Mike (Barber) and I always knew I was capable of doing it, it was just a matter of backing myself and being confident in that.”

Kenzie, who has cerebral palsy, ran a well-executed race to win in 4:06.68), moving swiftly past France’s Louis Radius and Tunisia’s Abbes Saidi and increasing his lead with each step in the last 200m.

AAP