In 2008, a naïve but intrepid 19-year-old from Tauranga named Luuka Jones became the first Kiwi woman to race in canoe slalom at an Olympics. Eight years later, she became New Zealand’s first canoe slalom medallist, winning silver in Rio.

Paris will be the 35-year-old’s fifth Olympic Games – up there with Dame Valerie Adams, Barbara Kendall, Ali Riley and Emma Twigg.

Read more here https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/15/5-4-3-2-1-paris-luuka-jones/

Article added: Monday 15 July 2024