A shocking moment has emerged from the Olympics after a father appeared to be denied the right to celebrate his daughter’s gold medal win by a Channel 9 commentator. Noemie Fox, 27, won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday morning in the kayak cross, with her sister Jess jumping in the water to celebrate the huge victory. Noemie’s father, Richard, was broadcasting during the special moment with Channel 9 commentator David Culbert and asked if he could leave to go celebrate with his daughter.
“Channel 9, can I go and see my ...
” Mr Fox started, before he appeared to be brutally cut off by Culbert. “No, just hang on for one second because we do need to get your reaction,” Culbert replied. Mr Fox quickly responded with “Oh my god! Yeah, yeah, yeah”, and Culbert remarked on what an incredible race it was.
“She nailed it,” Mr Fox agreed and watched as his family jumped in the water to share the special moment with his daughter. “Aw, they’re in the water,” he said. “How beautiful is that?” “Golds in different events at the Olympic Games from the same family.
That is a very, very short list unless they’re in a team sport and playing together,” Culbert continued before finally letting Mr Fox join in the celebrations. “Jess jumps in, Miriam jumps in, you go down and jump in – go down there, we’ll hear from you, we’ll hear your reaction,” he said. Noemie Fox has stepped out of the long shadow cast by sister and greatest paddler of all time Jess, to win her own Olympic gold in the kayak cross.
NewsWire has contacted Nine for comment. Jess later told Nine she was “full of emotion” following her sister’s win. “I’m so proud of her, and I’m just – I’m drenched, I jumped into the water,” she said.
“There’s so much emotion in this moment. It’s amazing.” Noemi Fox was in tears when she was presented with her first gold medal.
She said she was “in shock”. “I was just so happy to make it through to the semi-final,” she said. “That was my goal.
Now just go and enjoy it. Today just went to perfection. I enjoyed every second.
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