Jessica Fox becomes the first Jewish Australian to win an Olympic gold

Jess Fox completed the race of her life in Tokyo to win the C1 canoe slalom yesterday, ending a heartbreaking run of minor Olympic medals

‘I’ve thrown up but it’s fine’: Fox’s nervous battle before gold run (SMH)
MALCOLM KNOX: After 11 world championship titles, a decade at the top of her sport, and silver and bronze medals in London and Rio de Janeiro, Jessica Fox has spent a long time saying Olympic gold is not a gap in her resume. For the past two days, after her second bronze in the K1 slalom, she had to keep telling herself: It’s not all about gold.

But by Thursday afternoon, maybe, it was.

Jess Fox a fitting victor in Olympics arena she has dominated for so long (Guardian)
Having fallen just short at three consecutive Games, Australia’s slalom queen finally struck gold

Jess Fox wins Tokyo Olympics gold in C1 canoe slalom (ABC)
Jess Fox has won the C1 canoe slalom final at Tokyo 2020, to finally claim the Olympic gold medal that had previously eluded her. Fox had earlier won bronze in the K1 class, in an event in which she was highly favoured to take gold.

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Jess’s revised mission in Tokyo: The goal hasn’t changed, only the date (Plus6J)