Australia's Jess Fox won gold, bronze and missed a gate at the ICF World Cup in Ljubljana ©Getty Images

Olympic gold medallist Jess Fox experienced mixed fortunes at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Cup in Ljubljana as she clinched K1 gold after missing a gate in the C1.

The Australian, the C1 champion at Tokyo 2020, won her fourth gold medal of the season in the K1 as she completed the Tacen Whitewater Course in 96.22sec with zero penalties.

In the C1, Fox's missed gate meant she accrued a 50 second penalty which ruled her out of contention for a medal.

"I think I have a kind of love-hate relationship with Tacen," said Fox, who also captured a bronze in kayak cross.

"I can't be mad at the course today, but I definitely was feeling it yesterday. 

"It's definitely been amazing to come back and race here, the crowds are always really great to be in front of, and the course is always challenging.

"We've had three weeks of back-to-back racing, which is quite tough, physically demanding and mentally taxing. 

"This new programme is pretty challenging because there are no rest days, so I'm looking forward to a few days off."

Luka Bozic won home gold for Slovenia in the men's C1 ©Getty Images
Luka Bozic won home gold for Slovenia in the men's C1 ©Getty Images

Viktoriia Us off Ukraine won K1 silver as Elena Lilik of Germany took bronze, both with no penalties.

Lilik then took advantage of Fox's mistake to win the C1 gold with a clear run in 101.97, as Us bagged a second silver, despite two penalties from her run.

Slovenia won a home bronze medal thanks to Eva Alina Hocevar.

In the men's C1, Luka Bozic won gold on his home course in 90.29, without picking up a penalty.

It ended a disappointing spell for Bozic who had failed to medal at the World Cups in Augsburg and Prague.

"It's always really nice to win at home," he said.

"I'm happy because in the last two World Cups I didn't feel really good, so after today I think I'm going to be more calm and attaching for the next races."

Britain's Joe Clarke, centre, celebrates winning the men's kayak cross at the Tacen Whitewater Course ©British Canoeing
Britain's Joe Clarke, centre, celebrates winning the men's kayak cross at the Tacen Whitewater Course ©British Canoeing

Zachary Lokken of the United States won silver as Benjamin Savsek claimed another Slovenian medal with bronze.

The men's K1 title was claimed by Jiří Prskavec who led a Czech 1-2 over Vít Přindiš by four seconds.

Prskavec produced a clear run of 85.02 as Felix Oschmautz won bronze for Austria.

A second Czech gold arrived in the women's kayak cross as world champion Veronika Vojtová took the title, in front of Eva Terčelj of Slovenia and Fox.

Britain's world champion Joe Clarke won the men's kayak cross, in front of Anatole Delassus of France and Stefan Hengst of Germany respectively.