Noemie Fox in medal hunt at world championships

[ad_1] Noemie Fox is on observe for a podium end within the canoe occasion on the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Sydney, supplied the Australian star can clear up her errors.

Olympic gold medallist within the kayak cross on the 2024 Paris Video games, Fox set a blistering time on her residence course in Penrith, as the one paddler within the 50-strong discipline to clock underneath 101 seconds.

With older sister Jessica, the Olympic champion within the C1, unable to compete following surgical procedure to take away a kidney tumour, Fox crossed the end line in 100.44 seconds.

That was 1.39 seconds forward of the top-ranked competitor, Nuria Vilarrubla of Spain.

However two penalties for clipping the second and eleventh gates resulted in 4 seconds being added to her time, with the 28-year-old relegated to seventh forward of Thursday's semifinals.

"It was robust, it was nice. I felt actually good within the warm-up and simply loved it," Fox stated after her run.

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"I wished to place down a high 30 qualifying run and it was fairly nerve-racking. I watched a number of of the ladies.

"I had two touches however held it collectively rather well. I do know that my time was stable."

Fellow Australian Kate Eckhardt additionally produced a stable time in 103.94 however suffered a 50-second penalty for lacking a gate, which left her close to the again of the sphere.

World championship debutant Georgia O'Callaghan was thirty eighth.

Whereas the errors weren't excellent, the consequence was one other optimistic for Fox after she kicked off her marketing campaign on Monday with a fifth within the time trial for kayak cross.

The elimination spherical part of that occasion — by which Fox triumphed in Paris — shall be held on Sunday.

In the meantime, Australia's males additionally had some promising ends in the kayak on Tuesday.

Kaylen Bassett produced a blemish-free run to complete the primary spherical of qualifying in eighth spot, the Melbourne paddler 1.64 seconds off Czech Aam Kral, who set the tempo.