SYDNEY (AP) — Triple Olympic gold medalist Jessica Fox has undergone surgery to remove a tumor from her left kidney and says she won't compete in the remaining and canoe-kayak World Cup this year.

“It’s been a whirlwind over the last few weeks, but I’m all good, just a couple of gnarly new scars, a bit less kidney," said the 31-year-old Australian who won golds in the K1 and C1 races at Paris in 2024 and the C1 at the previous Tokyo Olympics.

Fox is the first female canoe slalomist to win three Olympic gold medals and the most decorated of all time — men or women — with six Olympic medals.

"I’m feeling positive and looking forward to heading home, focusing on recovery, and then building towards being back on the water again,” the Marseille, France-born Fox added in a statement issued

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