With the Paris Games beginning next month, Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox tunes up with a victory at the season-opening canoe slalom World Cup event in Augsburg, Germany.
Australian canoeing great Jessica Fox has shown her Paris Olympics campaign is on target with a World Cup win in Germany .
Fox won the women's C1 event in Augsburg after barely scraping into the final, a day after finishing ninth in the K1 decider. The Tokyo Olympics C1 gold medallist, one of Australia's top prospects for Paris, won by a margin of eight seconds at the season-opening canoe slalom World Cup event."It's been a tough weekend, it's been wet and harsh. I've been trying to manage the nerves that come with the first World Cup of the season, but now I'm thrilled to be back on the podium and to be on the top step.Fellow Paris Olympian Tristan Carter finished sixth in the men's C1 final.
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