Dane Jackson, the 17-year-old kayaking phenom, collected a bronze medal and three golds at the International Canoe Federation Freestyle World Championships, which ended Sunday. Jackson won gold in the Kayak, Canoe, and Squirt competitions, and took bronze in the Open Canoe category. Notably, he is the only person ever to enter all four disiplines, never mind make the podium in each. Jackson comes from a storied paddling family: his father Eric is himself a four-time world champion and owner of Tennessee-based Jackson Kayak. 鈥淒ane has a better understanding of how a boat moves on water鈥攁ny boat on any water鈥攂ut until now he hasn鈥檛 cared about scoring points but now that he鈥檚 put his mind to it, he鈥檚 going to be tough to beat,鈥 his U.S. teammate Clay Wright, says. In case it wasn’t clear that Dane is headed toward family supremacy, Eric was a for the men’s freestyle finals. for full results.
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