Fox won every round before taking out the four-paddler final on Monday at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
After Jessica Fox’s two gold medals, Noemie Fox completed a family sweep winning her first gold. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett
Fox crossed the line ahead of France’s Angele Hug with Great Britain’s reigning world champion Kimberley Woods winning bronze.
Jessica won the C1 and K1 Olympics titles — bringing her medal tally to six from four Games — before being eliminated early in the kayak cross.
“When I saw in the last up (gate) that I was first, it was pure joy – there’s no words to describe that feeling.”
Noemie Fox celebrates on the podium after winning her first Olympic gold. Source: AAP / Julien Poupart/ABACA/PA
Fox was joined in the water by 30-year-old Jessica, who jumped in to celebrate after cheering her sibling along the course.
The younger sibling said there were many times she considered giving the sport away, such was her sister’s dominance.
Robinson silver after Vaast’s Teahupo’o masterclass
But he fell 17.67 to 7.83 in the decider to the popular Vaast, who grew up kilometres from Teahupo’o, first riding the infamous break at age eight.
Australia’s Jack Robinson has won the Olympic surfing silver medal in Tahiti. Source: AP / Gregory Bull
By beating Medina and winning silver, he produced Australia’s best result in Olympic surfing, after Owen Wright won bronze at the discipline’s first Games in Tokyo 2021.
Australian divers qualify for finals
Half a lifetime since becoming an Olympic teenage sensation, Melissa Wu has plunged into the record books again by diving for Australia in a record fifth Games — and reaching a fifth 10-metre platform final.
Australia’s Melissa Wu competing in the Women’s 10m Platform semi-final at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Source: AAP / Dean Lewins
Yet while the 32-year-old celebrated her landmark performance in Paris, she was just as excited about the performance of Ellie Cole, a Sydney schoolgirl who has always idolised her.
The elegant 17-year-old eclipsed her hero, finishing as the sixth-best qualifier from the semi-finals with her five dives scoring 309.90 points, while Wu edged in as the 11th of the dozen finalists on 294.10.
Simone Biles wins silver
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade (centre) with Simone Biles (left) and Jordan Chiles (right) from the US. Andrade won gold in the women’s artistic gymnastics floor exercises. Source: AAP / Richard Callis/SPP/Sipa USA
US gymnast Simone Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals in Paris on Monday — her 11th Olympic medal — after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds.
“I’m 27-years-old walking away from this Games with four medals to add to my collection. Not mad about it.”
Team pursuit cyclists start strong
Australian cyclists Oliver Bleddyn, Kelland O’Brien, Conor Leahy and Sam Welsford during the men’s Team Pursuit at the Paris Olympic Games. Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts
The Australian men’s team pursuiters have made a hot start in sauna-like conditions and taken the first step to redemption at the Olympic velodrome.
Olympic medallists Sam Welsford and Kelland O’Brien combined with debutants Oliver Bleddyn and Conor Leahy to clock four minutes 42.958 seconds.
COVID-19 outbreak hits Aussie athletes
Swimming Australia’s head coach Rohan Taylor has revealed some swimmers raced with COVID-19 during their nine-day program at the pool.
Some swimmers, including Lani Pallister and Ella Ramsay, withdrew from races after testing positive to COVID-19. Pallister pulled out of her 1500m heat but later won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Ramsay pulled out of the 200 individual medley after contracting the virus.
Other results
Meanwhile, Kurtis Marschall battled his way to sixth spot in the Paris Olympics pole vault final which was taken out by Sweden’s Armand Duplantis, who broke his own world record in winning gold.