TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 27: Jessica Fox of Team Australia during the Women s Slalom K-1 Semi-Final on Day 4 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Pete Dovgan/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
After finishing second and third in the past two Olympics and with the fastest time in the semi-final, she needed to beat the time of 105.50 set by Germany s Ricarda Funk to win gold.
Fox will have the opportunity to win gold again however when she s back in action before 5pm (AEST) on Thursday in the semis and final of the C-1, after posting the fifth-fastest time in the heats.
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