23 Jul 2021

Whitewater paddler Luuka Jones aims for gold at Tokyo Olympics

From Checkpoint, 5:54 pm on 23 July 2021

Whitewater paddler Luuka Jones has her mind very much on her Olympics campaign, and she's operating on a no news is good news basis on the home front. Having won New Zealand's first ever canoe slalom medal at the Rio Olympics, Jones is aiming for gold in Tokyo. But before she left for the games the Tauranga-born paddler had to sort out some babysitting duties for her beloved flock of chickens.