The sport of kayaking might’ve passed you by until now, but the feats of Jess and Noemie Fox will make them household names. Here’s what you missed overnight.
, when if you were Australian in Paris, the only place to be was at the kayaking stadium to see a Fox family fairy tale come true. Unless you were any other Olympic medallist – in which case you had a date with mining billionaire Gina Rinehart aboard a deluxe cruise boat on the Seine.Noemie Fox has always, by her own and her parents’ admission, lived in the shadow of her older sister Jess.
France passed a law back in 1991 to crack down on binge-boozing at big sporting events, permitting any sports code to sell grog at a maximum of 10 matches a year. The Rugby World Cup last year got an exemption, but the Olympics organisers decided not to ask for one – apparently parliament would have had to get involved, and it all seemed too hard.
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