Olympics-French connection boosts Australian Fox for more canoe slalom glory


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Slalom - Women's C1 - Final - Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 29, 2021. Jessica Fox of Australia in action REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Born in Marseilles to an Olympic medal-winning French mother, Australian canoeing great Jessica Fox will savour a unique Games in Paris when she paddles for more glory in the slalom events.

Fox will bid for back-to-back gold medals in the women's canoe singles (C-1) at her fourth Games, while also hunting podiums in kayak singles (K-1) and the new Olympic category, kayak cross.

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