Jess Fox's canoe legend father Richard makes mad dash from Channel 9 commentary box to congratulate daughter after yet another Olympic Games triumph

Richard Fox abandoned his commentary duties on Channel 9 to congratulate his daughter, Jess, following yet another incredible Olympic Games triumph.

Fresh from her victory in the K1 slalom this week, Australia flagbearer Fox blitzed her competition to take home another gold medal in the C1 event in Paris.

Richard, a former canoeist who represented Great Britain during his career, was calling all the action with Eddie McGuire for Channel 9, but made a mad dash to embrace his daughter after her win. 

'See ya Eddie McGuire' he said as he left the broadcast spot. 

He did the same thing when Fox won in the K1 on Sunday, and broadcast titan McGuire was completely understanding of the move.

A proud Richard later told Nine:  'It is unbelievable, we've got no idea what's happening back at home but we've seen so many Australians in the crowd and they keep showing up, it's incredible.

'Jess was touched by that on Sunday.

'... I think that's the hardest and most remarkable thing she's done. Those in the sport will hopefully see that in the same light.'

Jess's mother, Myriam, added: 'In the sport of canoe slalom she won't be beaten by anyone anytime soon.'

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

The 30-year-old Sydneysider is chasing more history, seeking a golden treble in Paris as she attempts to join Gould, in 1972, as the only Australians to have won three individual gold medals at the one Olympics.

With the addition of canoe cross to the 2024 program, the France-born Fox will start hot favourite to achieve the rare feat with that medal awarded on Monday.

Already the most successful female canoe slalom athlete of all-time, Fox now owns three gold, a silver and two bronze  from four Games after making her debut in London 2012.

Like her emphatic victory in Tokyo, when C1 was added to the program, Fox swept the field.