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Australia beats India by nine runs at Edgbaston to win Commonwealth Games women’s T20 cricket gold

Australia's women's cricket team crowd together to hug and cheer and punch the air after clinching gold.

The Australian women’s cricket team now officially has it all.

The T20 and ODI World Cup winners are Commonwealth Games champions too after a nine-run win over India in front of a bumper crowd at Edgbaston.

When we talk about greatness in Australian team sports, surely now they must be counted amongst the very best we’ve ever seen.

“It was certainly a medal that we never thought we’d ever win, we never thought we’d be a part of a Commonwealth Games,” Australia all-rounder Ash Gardner said.

“We’ve won a lot of medals, but I think this one’s pretty special.”

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The Australians batted first and made 8-161, largely thanks to Beth Mooney’s 61 off 41 balls.

As she so often does, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur took control to put India in a dangerous position before Gardner dismissed her for 65.

“I thought they had control that chase for a long period of that batting innings of theirs,” Mooney said.

“But on the flip side, I thought that if we got a couple of wickets that we were in with a real shot of turning the screws and putting the squeeze on them, which is what happened.”

India needed 11 runs off the final over, with two wickets left.

But Jess Jonassen delivered the goods with the ball as the Australians claimed another major title.

A strange sideshow played out during the game.

On the morning of the match Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath tested positive to COVID-19, but she was still allowed to play.

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Tahlia McGrath motions for her teammates to stay away after taking a catch. McGrath tested positive for COVID before the match started.(Getty Images: Ryan Pierce)

In bizarre scenes, McGrath had to socially distance from her teammates when she took a catch – never mind that they were all touching the same ball.

And all the COVID safe protocols were forgotten when she was swept up by her teammates in the festivities at the end of the match.

“It’d be pretty upsetting for someone like Tahlia who’s been in this team not being able to hug her teammates when we’ve won a gold medal,” Mooney said.

“So hopefully they turn a blind eye to that and forget that happened.”

Megan Schutt said the team felt bad for McGrath.

“It was so weird. We didn’t want to get in trouble,” Schutt told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“We felt bad for Tahlia at the end there.

“At the end, screw it. If we get COVID, so be it.”

Hockeyroos win silver after defeat to England

A group of Australian women's hockey players smile up at the camera as they take a selfie with their silver medals.
The Hockeyroos finished with silver in Birmingham, just like they did four years ago on the Gold Coast.(Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)

The Hockeyroos were outmuscled by England in the women’s hockey gold medal match at Edgbaston Hockey Club, with the home side deservedly winning 2-1.

The Hockeyroos lacked fluency and the killer instinct in the circle, while England was boosted by a buoyant home crowd to win gold for the first time.

But instead of slumping to the ground in tears, or comforting each other, for the most part, the Australians kept a smile on their face, patted each other on the back, and tried to appreciate what they’d managed to achieve.

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Several weeks after winning a bronze medal at the World Cup, the Hockeyroos wanted to make sure they celebrated winning silver.

Coach Katrina Powell — a two-time Olympic gold medalist — gathered all players and support staff in a huddle on the pitch, and passionately spoke to the team.

“[I told them] how proud I am of them and how we progressed while we’ve been away and how hard it is,” Powell said.

“Also [I gave them] a little reminder that you do win silver, hockey competitions are really interesting that [people think] you lose gold.

“We just won a bronze, so we saw how much happier we were than the silver medalists at the World Cup.

“And I think you miss out on that fun, that excitement, that experience, if you’re not happy with winning silver.”

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Peter Bol takes silver in 800m at Commonwealth Games behind Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal

Australian runner Peter Bol smiles as he talks with Kenyan 800m champion Wyclife Kinyamal after a race.

Since finishing fourth in the men’s 800 meter final at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, Peter Bol has become a national hero.

Everyone knows his name, his face, his story, and he felt that he was coming into the 800 final at the Commonwealth Games.

“I felt like the favourite. I knew there was a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations,” he said after claiming silver behind Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal.

“But at the same time, in our sport pressure’s a privilege. We know it’s there. And I was relaxed, really confident. [I] felt really strong.

“I thought I could really win it tonight. I just came short and can’t say any more than that.”

After Oliver Hoare’s heroics in the men’s 1,500 meters final a day earlier, it was hoped Bol could produce another classic on the track.

The 28-year-old was in the mix for most of the race, but Kinyamal started to make his move with around 250 meters left.

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Kelsey-Lee Barber pips Australian teammate Mackenzie Little to win Commonwealth Games javelin gold

Kelsey-Lee Barber prepares to launch her javelin

World champion Kelsey-Lee Barber has delivered when it mattered most, claiming the Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s javelin with her final throw.

Australian teammate Mackenzie Little had led the competition into the sixth and final round after producing a personal best of 64.27 meters with her fifth effort.

But Barber — who was struck down by COVID-19 on the eve of the Commonwealth Games — showed cool nerves to unleash the winning throw of 64.43m with her final attempt.

Little took the silver medal only a fortnight after she finished fifth behind Barber at the world championships in Eugene.

She had set what was a personal best of 64.03m with her first attempt in the Birmingham final.

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Mackenzie Little set a new PB with a throw of 64.27 meters.(Getty Images: David Ramos)

Barber’s win in Eugene was her second world championship, while she was a bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Kurtis Marschall’s pole vault win and Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva rhythmic gymnastics gold

Kurtis Marschall leaps over the bar as shown from below

The ninth day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has ended with another nine gold medals for Australia, strengthening the nation’s lead in the overall tally.

Two Australians made it to the final in the table tennis women’s singles classes 6-10, ensuring two medals for the nation.

Qian Yang won gold and Li Na Lei took home the silver medal.

Australia also won gold in athletics, lawn bowls, diving and gymnastics.

You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:

Day nine medal results:

Gold:

  • Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics
  • Jemima Montag, athletics, 10,000 meter race walking
  • Oliver Hoare, athletics, 1,500 meter run
  • Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Luce Smith, diving, 3-meter synchronized springboard
  • Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic, lawn bowls, pairs
  • Aaron Wilson, lawn bowls, singles
  • Melissa Wu and Charli Petrov, diving, 10-meter synchronized platform
  • Kurtis Marshall, athletics, pole vault
  • Qian Yang, table tennis, singles classes 6-10

Silver:

  • Eleanor Patterson, athletics, high jump
  • Li Na Lei, table tennis, singles classes 6-10

Bronze:

  • Tina Rahmi, boxing, featherweight
  • Edgardo Coumi, boxing, heavyweight
  • Caitlin Anne Parker, boxing, middleweight

Birmingham 2022 medal standings:

POSITION

TEAM

G

yes

B.

TOTAL

1

Australia

59

46

fifty

155

two

England

fifty

52

46

148

3

Canada

22

29

33

84

4

new zealand

17

12

fifteen

44

5

India

13

eleven

16

40

6

Nigeria

9

8

13

35

7

Scotland

8

9

24

41

8

south africa

7

8

eleven

26

9

Malaysian

6

5

4

fifteen

10

Jamaica

6

4

two

12

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Ariarne Titmus wins 400m gold and Brandon Starc takes high jump silver

A gold and bronze medallist pose for photos after winning their event

Australia leads the medal tally with 46 gold medals as the Commonwealth Games swimming program concludes at the end of day six of the competition.

Tomorrow, attention turns to track and field and team sports.

  • Gold: 46
  • Silver: 38
  • Bronze: 39
  • Total: 123

You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:

Day 6 medal winners:

Gold:

  • Evan O’Hanlon, athletics, T37/38 100m
  • Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon and Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 4×100 medley relay
  • Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 400m freestyle
  • Sam Short, swimming, 1,500m freestyle

Silver:

  • Brandon Starc, athletics, high jump
  • Bradley Woodward, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matt Temple and Kyle Chalmers, swimming, 4X100 medley relay
  • Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 50m backstroke
  • Benjamin Hance, swimming, S14 200m freestyle
  • Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell, lawn bowls, B6-B8 women’s pair
  • Zoe Cuthbert, cycling, cross-country mountain biking

Bronze:

  • Kiah Melverton, swimming, 400m freestyle
  • Harry Cassar, judo, -90kg
  • Abigail Paduch, judo, +78kg
  • Liam Park, judo, +100kg
  • Kaylee McKeown, swimming, backstroke
  • Jack Ireland, swimming, S14 200m freestyle
  • Charisma Amoe Tarrant, weightlifting, 87kg+

Birmingham 2022 medal tally:

POSITION

TEAM

gold

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1

Australia

46

38

39

123

two

England

38

37

28

103

3

Canada

16

twenty

twenty-one

57

4

new zealand

16

10

10

36

5

Scotland

7

8

17

32

6

south africa

6

7

7

twenty

7

India

5

6

7

18

8

wales

4

4

9

17

9

Malaysian

3

two

3

8

10

Nigeria

3

1

4

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Sam Gaze wins mountain bike gold, Ben Oliver takes silver in New Zealand 1-2

Commonwealth Games 2022: Sam Gaze wins mountain bike gold, Ben Oliver takes silver in New Zealand 1-2

Sam Gaze wins gold and Ben Oliver wins silver in the men’s cross country mountain biking. Video/Sky Sport

By Kris Shannon in Birmingham

Four years after seizing gold with a snarl, Sam Gaze claimed his second with a smile.

The Kiwi mountain biker today blew away the field to win the men’s cross country race at Cannock Chase Forest, with only compatriot Ben Oliver capable of following his commanding lead.

Gaze earned his third Commonwealth Games medal in a time of 1:34:19, finishing 31 seconds ahead of Oliver in a second after dropping his teammate with a blistering attack on the sixth of eight laps.

It was the third straight Games in which New Zealand recorded a 1-2 in the event, after Anton Cooper pipped Gaze in Glasgow before that outcome was acrimoniously reversed on the Gold Coast.

Sam Gaze (right) and Ben Oliver celebrate their 1-2 finish. Photo / Photosport
Sam Gaze (right) and Ben Oliver celebrate their 1-2 finish. Photo / Photosport

The Birmingham edition came with slightly less drama, owing to a combination of Cooper’s absence through Covid and Gaze’s dominance on the bike.

Having been caught out by a Cooper attack near the finish line in 2014, Gaze later said he had “felt a bit robbed” by the result.

Those simmering feelings would boil over in 2018, when Gaze outsprinted Cooper for gold, accused his compatriot of poor sportsmanship and showed him a middle finger.

Gaze would be the one fined for unsportsmanlike behavior and he expressed remorse over his actions, but the only thing better than time to heal those wounds would have been another gold medal.

Particularly one secured with Cooper watching from an isolation hotel, his ill-timed illness denying today’s race some intrigue but doing nothing to lessen the Kiwi stranglehold on the event.

“It’s been very challenging – the last four years have been pretty turbulent,” Gaze said. “I’m very grateful for it, in hindsight. It’s made me who I am today and to come back this year, I like to think as a version of myself I’m proud of, is very special.

“To perform in the way I did and have Ben here with me is very special.”

From LR, Ben Oliver, Sam Gaze and Alex Miller celebrate their medals. Photo / Photosport
From LR, Ben Oliver, Sam Gaze and Alex Miller celebrate their medals. Photo / Photosport

Gaze immediately hit the front as the field started to string out through the picturesque setting outside of Birmingham, with Oliver right on his shoulder in a front group of 11.

That group didn’t last long, although chief podium contenders Charlie Aldridge of Scotland and Cameron Orr of Northern Ireland had at least remained on the Kiwis’ wheel at the first time check.

But by the end of the first of eight laps, with Gaze stopping the clock at 12:26, ​​he and Oliver had already opened a six-second lead, one that would only grow.

A quarter of the way through the race, with their advantage at 23 seconds, Gaze for the first time allowed Oliver to lead the way, having exchanged a word and a glance while crossing the finish line.

Gaze took the opportunity for a long look over his shoulder on one straight, but he needn’t have worried. England’s Joe Blackmore had bridged the gap to make it a chase trio, but they were surely racing only for the minor placings.

Halfway through the race, crossing at 47:23 and having extended their advantage over the British trio to almost a minute, only calamity could prevent another Kiwi 1-2.

The pair exchanged in further discussion as they rode together across the line, no doubt knowing their teamwork had locked up the top two steps of the podium.

Midway through the sixth lap, though, that teamwork came to a sudden end. On the hilly Twin Peaks section of the course, Gaze seized his chance to attack and Oliver could muster no response.

“He’s a hard man to follow on a hill like that,” Oliver said. “I kept the same speed and Sam just got quicker. I kept hard on the pedals all the way to the line to see if Sam was going to fade, which he obviously didn’t.”

Clearly the strongest rider in the field, Gaze was now racing towards a second straight gold medal.

The 26-year-old completed the sixth lap in a time of 1:10:45, with his compatriot 25 seconds back. And with Oliver holding a one-minute edge over the pursuing pair of Orr and Blackmore, silver was still firmly in his grasp of him, eventually coasting in 90 seconds ahead of Namibia’s Alex Miller who mounted a final-lap surge for bronze.

Gaze’s lead at the end of the seventh lap had grown to 42 seconds, leaving his final ride around the circuit little more than a procession, one that soon ended in triumph for both Kiwis.

“It’s special to race with your teammate at this event, especially Ben,” Gaze said. “I’ve known him since he was 14 years old, and he’s a great guy.

“We had a plan going into it that I wasn’t wanting to shake him straight away – we wanted to help each other out and secure the first two medals.”

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The silver, the secret, and a baby named Birmingham: The emotional journey of Samoan weightlifter Vaipava Nevo Ioane

A weightlifter screams in joy as the weights fall to the ground.

Samoan champion weightlifter Vaipava Nevo Ioane had a heavy heart when he boarded his flight to Birmingham.

The 34-year-old was carrying a sporting secret he wasn’t sure when or where to reveal.

But even then, something much bigger was on his mind.

On top of the secret he would later reveal to his coach and teammates, his wife was pregnant and would give birth any day.

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Nevo with his wife and three children before heading to Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.(Supplied)

She had no support back home in Apia.

Nevo had spent his last days on Samoan ground finding a babysitter to look after their three young children for when the newborn would arrive.

The thought of his wife needing him while he was on the other side of the world was nearly too much to bear.

“All I could do was pray,” Nevo said.

On top of the pressure of the secret he was keeping, and the concern for his family, Nevo also knew he had to deliver for his country and his coach, Tuaopepe Jerry Wallwork.

He had to bring home a gold medal.

Coach Jerry believes the Samoan government robbed his weightlifting team by blocking travel to the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID.

He still bristles at the mention of the whole saga.

“We were denied the opportunity to go to the Tokyo Olympics. Our government shut down our borders. We had a realistic chance to win a medal,” he said.

“A missed opportunity like that doesn’t come around many times. So we’re going to Birmingham to make a statement.”

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The Samoan weightlifting team for the Commonwealth Games, with coach Jerry Wallwork second from right.(Supplied)

The statement nobody saw coming

With competition in full swing, Nevo easily progressed to the top two for his 67kg weight category.

For gold, he would have to beat 19-year-old Indian lifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga.

“We knew it was going to be tough, especially from the Indian,” coach Jerry said.

“He had a stronger snatch, but we had a stronger jerk.”

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Nevo performs a snatch in Birmingham, eventually claiming silver behind his Indian opponent.

Nevo’s second attempt at the snatch was a personal best at 127kg.

His second go at the clean and jerk was a Commonwealth Games record, at 166kg.

Things were looking good, but tight. He would have to go to 174kg to win the gold, and to lift an 8kg increase would be considered akin to a miracle.

“We started with 163kg to secure bronze, then got 166kg to secure silver but we had the job of jumping to 174kg to win gold,” Jerry said.

“It was close but it didn’t pull off.

“But I got to hand it to Nevo, he fought it all the way. From the snatch to the last jerk … it was one of the best performances of his career.”

When Nevo’s 174kg failed jerk crashed to the floor, he missed out on the gold but would take home a silver medal for Samoa.

And then it was time to make a different statement.

While still on the stage, he took off his shoes and placed them neatly together on the lifting platform.

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Australia leads rankings, 11 gold medals clear of England

Shayna Jack, Mollie O'Callaghan and Emma McKeon hug on the 100m freestyle podium at the Commonwealth Games.

Australia is well ahead in the medal tally on day five of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

It was another strong day of competition, with Australia winning 35 medals across multiple events. Here is the medal tally for Australia’s athletes so far:

  • Gold: 42
  • Silver: 32
  • Bronze: 32
  • Total: 106

You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:

Day five:

Gold:

  • Kaylee McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple and Emma McKeon, swimming, mixed 4X100 medley
  • Eileen Cikamatana, weightlifting, women’s 87kg division
  • Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Jasmine Greenwood, swimming, SM10 individual medley
  • Col Pearse, swimming, 100m butterfly
  • Nina Kennedy, athletics, pole vault
  • Australia’s men’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball
  • Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Elizabeth Dekkers, swimming, 200m butterfly
  • Kate McDonald, gymnastics, beam
  • Aoife Coughlan, judo, women’s 70kg

Silver:

  • Jaydon Page, athletics, T45-47 100m
  • Kiah Melverton, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Alex Staffy, swimming, butterfly
  • Sam Williamson, swimming, 50m breaststroke
  • Matt Temple, swimming, 100m butterfly
  • Shayna Jack, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Damien Delgado and Chris Flavel, lawn bowls, for men’s pairs
  • Bradley Woodward, swimming, 200m backstroke

Bronze:

  • Lani Pallister, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Keira Stephens, swimming, SM10 individual medley
  • Rhiannon Clarke, athletics, T37/38 100m final
  • Emma McKeon, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Brianna Throssell, swimming, 200m butterfly
  • Emily Whitehead, gymnastics, floor final
  • Chelsea Hodges, swimming, 100m breaststroke
  • James Bacueti, gymnastics, vault
  • Georgia Godwin, gymnastics, beam

Birmingham 2022 medal tally:

POSITION

TEAM

gold

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1

Australia

42

32

32

106

two

England

31

3. 4

twenty-one

86

3

new zealand

13

7

6

26

4

Canada

eleven

16

19

46

5

south africa

6

5

5

16

6

India

5

5

3

13

7

Scotland

3

8

fifteen

26

8

wales

3

two

8

13

9

Malaysian

3

two

3

8

10

Nigeria

3

1

4

8

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Australia’s Kate McDonald produces stunning gold, Tyson Bull defies injury for silver on final day of artistic gymnastics

An Australian gymnast smiles as he bites into his silver medal after his event at the Commonwealth Games.

Kate McDonald thought she’d just be making up the numbers in the women’s beam finale.

And injured Tyson Bull wasn’t even supposed to be competing in the men’s horizontal bar final.

But both have pulled off exceptional performances to win gold and silver medals respectively on the final day of artistic gymnastics competition in Birmingham.

McDonald usurps Godwin for gold

An Australian gymnast arches her back as she does a back flip on the balance beam at the Commonwealth Games.
Australia’s Kate McDonald saved her best for last in the women’s balance beam final.(Reuters)

McDonald hadn’t performed as well as she’d hoped in her main event, the uneven bars.

So she had low expectations for her final event, the beam.

The 22-year-old was the penultimate competitor, with her teammate, Georgia Godwin in the gold medal position.

McDonald was flawless and when her score came up, 13,466, she was absolutely floored.

The final gymnast, Canada’s Emma Spence, couldn’t beat the score, so McDonald claimed gold, and Godwin silver.

“I definitely was not expecting a score like that. And then I looked at my score and I was shocked that I was in first place,” McDonald said.

Godwin, who’s the team captain in Birmingham, was ecstatic to see McDonald overtake her.

“It’s just amazing, she put up the performance of a lifetime when it counted so she deserves the gold,” Godwin said.

McDonald admitted she put herself under too much pressure in the uneven bars, where she finished seventh.

That helped her let loose on the beam.

“I just I had nothing to lose, I was like I’m just going to enjoy myself. And there’s ice cream at the end so there is a no-lose situation,” she said.

Four tubs of salted caramel ice cream are now waiting as her reward.

Godwin’s glorious Games

Two smiling Australian gymnasts stand on the podium with their medals along with a Canadian competitor.
Georgia Godwin (left) and Kate McDonald (centre) enjoyed a successful Commonwealth Games campaign.(Reuters: Stoyan Nenov )

While Emma McKeon will leave Birmingham as Australia’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all time, Godwin might be the breakout star.

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Australian Jess Fox wins gold in extreme kayak final at canoe slalom world championships

Jess Fox poses for a photo with her world championship gold medal, a hat and plushie

Olympic champion Jess Fox has bolstered her medal haul, winning gold and silver on the final day of racing at the canoe slalom world championships in Germany.

The record-breaking Australian successfully defended her world title in the extreme slalom event after coming second in the women’s canoe earlier in the day.

Fox edged Great Britain’s Kimberley Woods while Andorra’s Monica Doria Vilarrubla claimed the bronze medal.

Extreme canoe slalom will premiere as an Olympic event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and with back to back world titles, Fox is firming as the favourite.

The Olympic C1 champion was pipped in that event for less than one second by German Andrea Herzog while Great Britain’s Mallory Franklin rounded out the podium.

Jessica Fox screams in celebration at the women's extreme kayak final
Jess Fox’s two Sunday medals took her world championships medal tally to three, after winning silver in the women’s kayak on Saturday.(Getty Images: Thomas Lohnes)

Those three paddlers were the medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics, although Fox then beat Franklin for gold.

The performances brought her overall world championships medal tally to three after already winning silver in the women’s kayak on Saturday.

“It’s been an amazing weekend here in Augsburg,” Fox said.

“I can’t quite believe I managed to pull that off in extreme and to back up the world title. I’m so pleased to come away with three medals.

“For the kayak and the canoe, it was always going to be really tough to beat the Germans on their home course and I wanted to give it the best shot I could.

“I’m really pleased with the way I raced.”

Fox was joined in the C1 final by her younger sister Noemie Fox, who finished a strong eighth.

In July, the 25-year-old won silver in the extreme slalom at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) World Cup in Poland.

Noemie Fox competes in the women's canoe heats run. She is pictured with a blue canoe and a top with Augsburg on the bottom
Noemie Fox — Jess’ younger sister — finished eighth in the C1 final.(Getty Images: Thomas Lohnes)

Tasmanian Kate Eckhardt narrowly missed the final in 13th place in her first ever world championships women’s canoe semi-final.

Tim Anderson completed Australia’s representation, placing eighth in the men’s extreme kayaking event.

With one gold and two silver medals Australia placed fourth on the overall medal rankings.

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