Paris Olympics: Jess Fox’s mum is caught on camera having an eye-catching accident as she rushes to celebrate with the Aussie golden girl

The mother of Jess Fox clashed with an Olympic official shortly after her superstar daughter’s victory in the C1 canoe final on Wednesday.

The champion is now named among the country’s greatest Olympic athletes of all time after making her own piece of Australian Games history with a stunning gold medal in the C1 slalom.

It could hardly have been more deserved.

After her breakthrough in K1, Fox achieved another convincing victory on the whitewater course at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Wednesday.

Fox’s parents, Richard and Myriam, were thrilled with the performance. Myriam could have pushed an official into the water while celebrating the victory.

She was so happy that she jumped up and down and waved her hands that she accidentally hit an official, after which she apologized and ran to hug her daughter.

Fox became the first Australian athlete to win six individual Olympic medals, surpassing swimmers Shane Gould, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones, sprinter Shirley Strickland and current chef de mission cyclist Anna Meares, who each won five.

Ariarne Titmus also joined the elite group and won her fifth individual race in Paris.

Fox’s mother Myriam was so excited by the result that she clashed with an official (pictured)

“It never seemed possible to me, I never even dreamed of it,” said Fox, who is now also the most successful Olympic medalist in her sport.

‘Every Olympic experience I’ve had has been different. Some have been amazing, some have been a bit disappointing, but this has been just magical.

“But to be among the greatest Australian champions in Olympic history is just – I can hardly believe it.”

The 30-year-old Sydneysider is looking to make more history and is aiming for a gold triple in Paris, joining Gould in 1972 as the only Australian to win three individual gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

With the canoe trip now added to the 2024 programme, French-born Fox is the hot favourite to pull off the rare feat on Monday.

Kaylee McKeown could beat her to gold in the 100m backstroke, defending her 200m backstroke title on Friday, and in the 200m individual medley on Saturday after adding that event to her Paris schedule.

Fox now has the chance to win three gold medals in the kayak event later in Paris

Fox was already the most successful female canoe slalo athlete of all time and has now won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in four Olympic campaigns, having made her debut at London 2012.

Just like in her convincing victory in Tokyo, when C1 was added to the program, Fox cleared the field.

Former world champion from Germany, Elena Lilik, set the pace and stopped the clock at 103.54 seconds.

Fox was second to last on the course and set a great time, with a time of 101.06 seconds. He was given a two-second penalty for hitting a gate.

She knew immediately that she had done something special: she slapped the water with her hands in delight.

“I was just proud of that run… I felt like I did my best today,” Fox said.

‘I can’t wait to watch the video… those kayak and canoe trips were trips I was really proud of.

‘I think it was the mental state I was in, how calm I felt despite the pressure, despite the expectations, despite the time that Elena Lilik had set, which was two seconds faster than the time in the semi-final, which was already quite fast.

“As an athlete, the greatest feeling is to stay calm. If you’ve trained so hard, can you deliver when it counts?”

“That’s what we’re all working towards for that one day once every four years.”

When her victory was confirmed after the last Czech competitor Gabriela Satkova completed her race, Fox was overwhelmed by her mother and coach Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi and her younger sister Noemie, who will compete in the kayak cross.

Young American Evy Leibfarth won bronze with a time of 109.95 seconds.