Australia’s Jessica Fox wins 3gold Medals and retains Junior Women’s K1 title
The 2012 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships wrapped up today in Wausau, Wisconsin with 18yr old Jessica Fox (AUS) winning her third gold medal of the Championships. The Australian this morning retained the Junior Womens K1 World Champion title she had won in Foix, France at the 2010 Junior Championships.
The Junior Womens K1 gold medal adds on to the two other medals she won yesterday; a gold in the Junior Womens C1 event and another one in the U23 Womens C1 Team event. Winning three gold medals makes Fox the most successful paddler at the Championships.
The Czech Republic continued to pile up the medals as Katerina Kudejova (CZE) won the U23 Womens K1 final ahead of Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) who was the other favourite to win the event but finished in 6th place. Kudejova who was the 2009 U23 European Champion can now add this world title to her list of achievements.
I was very nervous before my run, said Kudejova. I didnt feel so good before but once I got started it was good!
Also missing out on a medal was Caroline Queen (USA) who will be flying to London tonight to begin her preparations for the Olympic Games.
There was a lot of good stuff in there, said the reflective Queen. My big mistake was I went for a direct in gate 10 which I did not do in the semi-final, but I figured its the final. The gate itself was not bad but it made me late for another gate.
Cindy Poeschel (GER) who was a bronze medallist at the Cardiff World Cup finished in 2nd place whereas France picked up their second individual medal when Nouria Newman won the bronze medal.
