Canoe slalom athlete Luuka Jones will become New Zealand's third woman to compete at a fifth Olympics when she bids for a second medal at the Paris Games after overcoming a battle with long COVID.

The 35-year-old, who took silver in the K1 at the 2016 Rio Games, will join shot put great Valerie Adams and former Olympic champion sailor Barbara Kendall as a five-time Olympian when she takes to the water at Vaires-sur-Marne outside Paris.