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Silver lining as Fox wins second medal at kayak titles

Noemie Fox has won silver in the kayak championship at the Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Sydney. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Olympic champion Noemie Fox has won her second medal in two days, claiming silver in the kayak championship at the Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Sydney.

Fox finished second behind Germany's Ricarda Funk, with American Evy Leibfarth rounding out the podium in hot conditions at Penrith Whitewater Stadium on Saturday.

The Australian's silver-lined performance followed her bronze in the C1 final on Friday.

The C1 field featured the Paris Olympic gold and bronze medallists and was an all-Australian podium, with Jessica Fox taking gold, Kate Eckhardt silver and Noemie Fox rounding third.

Noemie went one better on Saturday, and was thrilled to finish second behind Funk.

"I'm really happy to have come away with a silver medal in the kayak - I just wanted to go out there and do my best run," Fox said.

"It was a great field and (I'm) so stoked to come away with my best international result in the kayak.

"It's been nice having all the internationals here (to race against and train with). For us, it gives us an indication of our level ahead of the worlds (championships).

"It's also just nice to have some more people to watch and train with, to be able to compare yourself, and have tough races and know that you've got to put down a good run.''

In the men's kayak final on Saturday, France's Anatole Delassus powered his way to a convincing victory.

Lucien Delfour.
Two-time Olympian Lucien Delfour won bronze at the kayak championships in Penrith. (Joe Giddens/AAP PHOTOS)

Frenchmen dominated the final, with Delassus taking the honours and Titouan Castryck finishing second. Two-time Olympian and home-town favourite Lucien Delfour won bronze.

"It was a pretty hard day today, really hard racing. I barely made it into the final in 12th place (in the heats)," Delfour said.

"Overall, I'm quite pleased with my paddling. There were a few mistakes made and the (Frenchmen) went really, really hard in the final.

"We're grateful to have the internationals here to race with us, it's so good for us to see them train, see them race.''

One more day of racing remains, with the kayak cross heats through to the finals to be held from 9.20am (AEDT) on Sunday.

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