Her moment came after Jess<\/a> \ufeffwon back-to-back gold medals in the women's C1 and K1 canoe slalom events earlier in the program \u2014 becoming the most successful Olympic paddler, male or female, in the process.<\/p>\n LIVE UPDATES: <\/strong>Paris 2024 Day 11 latest news, results<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Runner's silver medal reinstated on appeal after bizarre DQ backflip<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>What does 'SB' mean in the Olympics? Track and Field abbreviations explained<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remarkably, with their clean sweep in Paris, the Fox sisters are positioned in 17th place on the medal tally after ten days of competition.<\/p>\n The sisters each boast their own piece of Olympic history in the sport, with Noemie's come-from-behind victory clinching the first-ever gold medal in the newly-introduced whitewater canoeing discipline.<\/p>\n Three years earlier, \ufeffJess did the same when she became the first-ever Olympic champion in the women's C1 after the event was introduced for female competitors following years of advocating for equality.<\/p>\n Watch every moment, every medal of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 live and free on Channel 9 and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Plus, every event streaming ad free, live and on demand with 4K on<\/strong><\/em> Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n However, the Fox family's history, with its French connections, lies in the K1.<\/p>\n Making her Olympic debut at London 2012 as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, Jess picked up the silver medal in the event.<\/p>\n \ufeffFour years later at Rio 2016, she won bronze.<\/p>\n Hoping to complete her collection with gold at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, \ufeffFox again had to settle for bronze after she picked up two time penalties in the final.<\/p>\n Following the completion of her run, Fox was devastated after her hair, which was fixed into a long braid, swung into a gate \u2014 the accompanying two-second penalty putting gold and silver out of reach.<\/p>\n Wondering if she would ever get to the top of the podium, Jess thought of her mum, Myriam<\/a>, who despite winning two world championship titles, could not achieve gold success when she competed in the K1 for France at two Olympic Games.<\/p>\n Myriam finished 21st in the event at Barcelona 1992 before clinching the bronze medal at Atlanta 1996. Years later, \ufeffshe came on board to coach both her girls.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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