Olympics-New Zealand's Jones to paddle in fifth Games after long COVID battle


Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Slalom - Women's C1 - Semifinal - Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 29, 2021. Luuka Jones of New Zealand in action REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

(Reuters) - Canoe slalom athlete Luuka Jones will become New Zealand's third woman to compete at a fifth Olympics when she bids for a second medal at the Paris Games after overcoming a battle with long COVID.

The 35-year-old, who took silver in the K1 at the 2016 Rio Games, will join shot put great Valerie Adams and former Olympic champion sailor Barbara Kendall as a five-time Olympian when she takes to the water at Vaires-sur-Marne outside Paris.

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