Australian canoeing nice Jessica Fox has proven her Paris Olympics marketing campaign is on course with a World Cup win in Germany.
Fox received the ladies’s C1 occasion in Augsburg after barely scraping into the ultimate, a day after ending ninth within the K1 decider.
The Tokyo Olympics C1 gold medallist, considered one of Australia’s high prospects for Paris, received by a margin of eight seconds on the season-opening canoe slalom World Cup occasion.
“I am simply so relieved to lastly put down a superb run,” Fox stated.
“It has been a tricky weekend, it has been moist and harsh. I have been attempting to handle the nerves that include the primary World Cup of the season, however now I am thrilled to be again on the rostrum and to be on the highest step.
“It was a tricky course, Augsburg is all the time difficult, so I simply actually needed to maintain it collectively.”
Fellow Paris Olympian Tristan Carter completed sixth within the males’s C1 last.
The World Cup spherical ends with the kayak cross, which can make its Olympic debut in Paris.
Fox, her sister Noemie, Carter, Kaylen Bassett, Tim Anderson and Lucien Delfour will compete within the kayak cross in Augsburg.
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