Fox does it again! Australian heroine Jess wins ANOTHER Olympic gold medal in Paris after winning the C1 slalom final

Champion rower Jessica Fox has defended her C1 title and made Australian Olympic history by adding a second gold medal to her Paris collection.

After her breakthrough in K1, Fox achieved another convincing victory on the whitewater course at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Wednesday.

The gold is the country’s seventh victory at the Games.

Fox is the first Australian athlete to win six individual Olympic medals, surpassing swimmers Shane Gould, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones, sprinter Shirley Strickland and current chef de mission cyclist Anna Meares, who have won five each.

The 30-year-old Sydneysider is looking to make more history and is aiming for a gold triple in Paris, joining Gould in 1972 as the only Australian to win three individual gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

With canoecross now added to the 2024 programme, French-born Fox is the hot favourite to pull off the rare feat. The medal will be presented on Monday.

Fox was already the most successful female canoe slalo athlete of all time, having now won three golds, one silver and two bronzes from four Games, having made her debut at London 2012.

Just like in her convincing victory in Tokyo, when C1 was added to the program, Fox cleared the field.

Jessica Fox has won another gold medal at the Paris Olympics

Fox defeated the rest of the field in the women’s C1 slalom final on Wednesday

The Australian built a 10-second lead over her nearest rival in a brutal domination

Former world champion from Germany, Elena Lilik, set the pace and stopped the clock at 103.54 seconds.

Fox finished second to last on the course and put in a flawless run with an astonishing time of 99.06.

American Evy Leibfarth won bronze.

“It’s quite surreal to be mentioned in the same category as these incredible women, incredible champions in our sporting history in Australia. It makes me super proud to be Australian, super proud of my achievements here and at the last four Olympic Games,” she told Channel Nine.

“But I’m also very thankful for my team and all the Australians who cheered us on. I think they really helped me get to the finish today.

“The crowd was incredible and especially all those people at home who woke up at 3am. That energy, that good energy, we feel it, so thank you to everyone.”

Reflecting on her incredible performance, Fox said: ‘It was probably one of the biggest moments of my career because when I stood there on the start line I knew the German had done it very quickly at that point.

Fox thanked the Australian contingent for the support they gave her during her amazing run

The 30-year-old was overcome with emotion when her victory was confirmed

Fox’s mother Myriam was present at her daughter’s highlight

‘I knew I had to give it my all, I knew I had to execute every technical move perfectly and I knew I had to go all out from start to finish.

‘So, to be able to show that in an Olympic final, to defend an Olympic title, that’s just the best moment as an athlete, when you’ve worked so hard, physically, technically, when it all comes together mentally and you execute, it feels so good. It’s a compliment to all the hard work we’ve done as a team.

“Those who were on the riverbank, you mentioned mom running along there. The emotion is high when you follow a race. The whole team, the emotion was just… You’re so happy when a run comes together like that, so I definitely put it down as one of the best runs.”