Australia’s flag bearer Jess Fox completed a journey her mother started more than three decades ago, by winning Olympic gold in the women’s kayak at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in eastern Paris. 'It’s very special with this French connection,' Fox said. 'And to feel the energy from the crowd, the atmosphere and just the whole Olympic Games here in Paris. The energy has been electric'

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