Australian paddler Noemie Fox has joined older sister Jess in winning an Olympic gold medal with a stunning victory in the kayak cross event on Monday.
While Australian flagbearer Jess has dominated the headlines with two golds in Paris, younger sister Noemie wrote her own incredible story in her debut Olympics.
Noemie dominated the final day of competition with a clean sweep of victories in the quarter-final, semi-final and final.
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Jumping in her preferred inside lane in the final, Fox started well to settle second before nailing her eskimo roll and then picking the right way on the first upstream gate to emerge in front.
She held her position in first and negotiated the final upstream gate as Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods crashed into her in an attempt to disrupt the Aussie.
But Fox wouldn’t be denied and the move cost Woods silver with Frenchwoman Angele Hug pippinng Woods for second.
Fox immediately burst into tears as she realised what she had just achieved.
Sister Jess and mum Myriam then jumped into the water to celebrate in amazing scenes, while father Richard was over the moon in commentary, saying: “Oh my goodness. Oh my god! Oh my god! She nailed it.”
It means the Fox family completed a clean sweep of the kayak events with Jess taking gold in the C1 and K1.
Added to the Olympic program this Games, the kayak cross sees four paddlers enter the water together before they jostle for positions through eight gates — including an ekismo roll — en route to the finish line.
And Fox, who only sealed her spot in Paris at the final qualifying event, announced herself as the best in the world at it.
Jess was also overcome with emotion after watching her sister win gold.
“I’m just full of emotion. It’s just incredible what Noemie did today,” she told Nine.
“To make it through each round with such composure. Really good tactics and just going for it. And I’m so proud of her and I’m just I’m drenched because I jumped into the water. There’s so much emotion in this moment. It’s amazing.”
“I’m just in awe of her … She’s an Olympic champion and she has worked so hard for that. I’m so happy for her,” Fox continued.
“It’s just a fairytale ending for this Olympics. It’s incredible.”
Earlier, Fox was largely untroubled in her quarter-final. She flew out of the blocks to hit the first upstream gate in front and was never headed to win her heat ahead of New Zealander Luuka Jones.
The semi-final was a much tougher contest.
After dropping to fourth place off the start, Fox had it all to do.
She quickly worked her way up to second and then caught a massive break when she went left at the upstream gates and the other three went right.
It gave Fox clean water to emerge in first place, while the other three clattered into each other.
From there, Fox held her nerve to win the semi and advance to the final.
In the men’s, Aussie Tim Anderson crashed out in the quarter-final stage.
After a wild start that saw all four riders come together, Anderson emerged in second place but immediately lost ground during eskimo roll and fell further behind after the first upstream gate. He never recovered to finish third in his heat.
Fellow Tristan Carter also went out in the quarter-final stage after registering a fault on the eskimo roll. Carter’s paddle made contact with the barrier above the roll marker and, as a result, his flip began after the required marker.
He finished well back in last anyway and his run was compounded with another fault on gate six.
New Zealand’s Finn Butcher won the men’s final.