After years in the shadow of triple gold medal-winning sister Jess, the younger Fox now has her own piece of history as the first winner of a new discipline
Richard Fox put the whole ridiculous situation in perspective, admitting after his youngest daughter won gold in the kayak cross on Monday, that he’s now the only member of the family not to have an Olympic medal.
He was close too, finishing fourth in the kayak single for Great Britain in Barcelona in 1992, 33 hundredths of a second behind the bronze medallist. His wife, Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, won a bronze for France in the same event at Atlanta in 1996.
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Author : Jack Snape at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium
Publish date : 2024-08-05 23:57:50
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