Australia’s feminine kayakers have received their first K1 staff world championship gold with a near-perfect run at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London.
Key factors:
- Sisters Jessica and Noemie Fox together with Kate Eckhardt mixed for the gold
- The Australian trio have been one in all two groups who didn’t accumulate any penalties
- The three additionally competed within the women’s C1 staff occasion, ending eleventh
In difficult situations on Tuesday, sisters Jessica and Noemie Fox, from Sydney, and Tasmanian Kate Eckhardt have been one in all simply two groups to not decide up any penalties.
Delivering a clear and fast run secured gold to open their world titles in type.
It was a welcome return to the course for Jessica Fox, who received Olympic silver within the solo K1 as an 18-year-old at London 2012.
Spain, with a single gate contact, took second, whereas Great Britain had the quickest uncooked time on the course, however two gate touches noticed the house nation relegated to 3rd.
The similar Australian trio had additionally contested the women’s C1 staff occasion — which that they had received in 2019 — the place a 50-second penalty for a missed gate left them eleventh and final.
“Back in 2019 we won the C1 and four years later to win the kayak, and to be the first Australian team to win the kayak, is so special,” Noemie Fox mentioned.
“We all work together, push each other, learn from each other, and inspire each other.
“To be rewarded collectively like that is actually particular and to have a possibility to compete and beat a number of the greater nations is why we love this occasion.”
Australia’s men came ninth in the C1 and 10th K1 events, which are unique to the world championships.
AAP
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