07/29/2021 19:02
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Updated 7/29/2021 7:02 PM
Canoeist
Jessica Fox
won the first gold medal of her career in an Olympic game - she also won a bronze one - and became one of the best athletes of Tokyo 2020. Before doing so, she shared
a very curious secret
that could have had to do with its excellent performance.
On her Tik Tok account, the Australian showed that she fixed her broken kayak
using a condom
.
He took the condom and placed it on the damaged tip of his boat.
Ready, issue resolved.
"I bet you didn't know that condoms could be used for kayak repairs," Fox wrote alongside the video.
He stressed that "it is very elastic and strong" and that "it gives the carbon a smooth finish".
He won 11 gold medals in different world championships.
A giant of the kayak.
Photo: REUTER.
Days after fixing her kayak, “Jess” won her first Olympic gold medal in the women's C1 canoe slalom and bronze in the K1 canoe slalom final.
The first place was obtained after achieving a time of
105.04
, which allowed him to place three seconds ahead of
Mallory Franklin
of Great Britain.
Another curious fact about his participation in the Olympic event had to do with the fact that before competing for a new medal, he had to do a few seconds to vomit in a remote area of the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.
Fox in full competition.
A new medal for Australia.
Photo: REUTER.
After doing so, he was reunited with his mother, who is also his coach, and told her that he had vomited.
"I was like, 'I feel great, but I just threw up, so I'll be fine.'
And then we collide with the fist, ”he commented.
"Whatever I've had between races didn't sit well with me and then I thought, 'Okay, my body is ready, it's just my body telling me to get ready for something big.'
So it's always about rethinking those things and putting them on the positive side, "he added.
Fox is one of the kayaking legends
.
Although he just obtained his first gold at Tokyo 2020, he has accumulated
eleven gold medals
in world tournaments so far.
He participated in his third Olympic game and in each of them he won awards: he
won silver in London 2012, bronze in Rio 2016 and gold and silver in Tokyo
.
She won in the women's canoe slalon c1 category.
Photo: EFE
To be cautious
Fox probably had a condom at his fingertips because at each Olympic game the host country usually hands out a good number of condoms.
It may also be that he brought it from his native Australia as it was said that the Committee would hand them out once the athletes have competed.
It is known that in the Olympic venues there are athletes who have sexual relations
.
Since the 1988 Seoul games, large numbers of condoms have been distributed, a priori, with the aim of increasing awareness about HIV.
The IOC explained to Reuters that Tokyo distributed 150,000 condoms
- far less than in Rio 2016 - because its "intention and objective is not for athletes to use condoms in the Olympic Village, but to raise awareness by taking them back to their own countries."
It was also a measure to avoid physical contact by athletes in a context such as the current one.
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