“You don’t want to put limitations on what is possible but it’s still pretty hard to say I’m going to win two gold medals at the Olympics,” says Joe Clarke with the grounded optimism that defines him. Clarke is already an Olympic champion, having been an unlikely winner of the canoe slalom in Rio in 2016, and last September he won two gold medals at the world championships.
On his home course at Lee Valley, Clarke dominated the canoe slalom and kayak cross at the worlds with an audacious display of courage and skill that means he has realistic expectations of repeating the double at the Paris Olympics.
