New Zealand kayaker Luuka Jones has realised a decade-long dream, claiming her first-ever Canoe Slalom World Championship medal.
The Bay of Plenty paddler took bronze in the women's K1 final in La Seu, Spain overnight on Saturday (NZT) which also secured her spot at next year's Tokyo Olympics.
In her ninth world championships, Jones recorded a clean 94.77s run to finish just 0.50s behind Slovenia's Eva Tercelj, with Australia's Jess Fox second in 94.69s.
The result eclipsed her fourth placing in 2017, her seventh placing last year and added to the Olympic silver medal she won in 2016. It is also New Zealand's best K1 finish at a world championship.
"I knew that a good time had been set and I just went out and attacked it and left nothing out there," Jones said.