Noemie completes Fox hunt as all four family members become Olympians

“Basically, we have to negotiate our way down the course like in slalom, where there’s an upstream and downs, and there’s also an Eskimo roll at one point, and the top two of each round go through to the next level,” Noemie said.

Jess said watching her sister qualify was “one of the best days of my life”.

“It was honestly, probably up there with winning the Olympics for me,” Jess said.

“I’ve never been so nervous … I remember in the final when she came out of the last upstream gate, I was just screaming.

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“I lost my voice afterwards, and was just crying because she had done it, and it was a really hard thing for her to be able to qualify, and she believed, and she worked so hard and she deserves it so much.

“There was just so much emotion, and joy and love and happiness, for her achieving that dream, to qualify.

“At the finish line, I jumped in the water and gave her a massive hug, and all the tears and emotion came out.”

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