Australia’s teen Slalom sensation Jessica Fox capped a great weekend with
her third consecutive Women’s C1 title, pipping teammate and rival Rosalyn
Lawrence 0.3 seconds. Lawrence had pushed all the way in her run, but lost
momentum in the final two gates. Third place went to another Australian,
Leanne Guinea, with 118.20s. Breaking the Australian C1 enclave was Lena
Stoecklin (GER) who came in 4th place.
Fox agreed it had been “a big weekend”.
“I was really drained after putting in a big one for the (Olympic) qualifiers, but it has been great preparation to compete against the best in the world,” she said.
On Saturday the youngster had already earned the right to be nominated to
the Australian Olympic team in the Women’s K1 class, after coming in 2nd
Place behind Stepanka Hilgertova (CZE) in 1st place and Katerina Kudejova
(CZE) in 3rd place.
