Jessica Fox has been controversially denied gold in the women's C1 final at the third ICF slalom World Cup in Slovakia.
The 21 year old flew down the Liptovsky Mikulas course to take the lead in 113.47 with two paddlers to come.
However, an appeal was lodged and Fox's touch on gate 19 was judged a miss, adding 50 seconds to her time and relegating the world champion to eighth.
British paddler Mallory Franklin won gold in 117.28, 2.88 seconds ahead of Austrian Viktoria Wolffhardt.
Fox will now turn her attention to the women's K1 semi-final on Sunday.
Earlier, Noemie Fox missed out on joining her older sister in the final, finishing 12th.
In the men's, Lucien Delfour and Jaxon Merritt finished 19th and 26th respectively in the K1 semi-final.
Following a dominant third in Friday's heat, Delfour was unable to replicate the same speed.
With no major errors to speak of, he backed off his pace on the top section and wasn't able to claw back the couple of seconds he needed to make the final.
For Merritt it was his third consecutive semi-final and he is building nicely with two world cups remaining prior to worlds in September.
"I have been happy with the way I have been progressing throughout the season," he said.
"I have been quite happy being able to perform under those second run situations and making the semi-final each time. I am pretty happy but still lots to improve on."
Earlier Ian Borrows produced a clean run to finish 20th in the men's C1 semifinal.
Three team finals were still to come on Saturday.
Borrows was to feature alongside Tasmanian Daniel Watkins and debutant Tristan Carter in the first of them.
Racing will wrap up on Sunday with Jessica Fox Australia's sole competitor.
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