Canoeing couple chase Olympic dream together

Canoeing couple chase Olympic dream togetherImage source, BBC SportImage caption, Genie and Jake CochraneByNigel RinglandBBC Sport NI senior journalistPublished2 minutes agoIt's a love story as old as time. Boy meets girl, they fall in love and get married.And then they try to qualify for the Olympics...together.That is the plot line for Jake and Georgina Cochrane's journey, which they hope will end at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.Belfast native Jake and Georgina (Genie), from Perth in Australia, are both canoe slalomists and they met on the circuit seven years ago."I was lucky enough to get an invite to an Irish team evening outing in Prague," explained Genie."I remember being very struck by the way Jake was very reserved, but then every now and then he would speak up. Whenever he did, he had something very important to say."I remember at the time thinking to myself, that he just has such a lovely demeanour about him."Georginia explained that they got to know each other while they were both living in Pau, France and had their first date during the week of the World Cup in Prague in 2021.Two years later, Jake proposed in Prague and they had their wedding in Pau the following year."It was [love at first sight] for me," said Jake. "I'm very lucky. We were introduced by the Australian team physio, who was from Galway at the time, back in 2019 and I remember it very clearly, but I'm not convinced Genie remembers being introduced to me so I keep her going about that."Image source, BBC SportImage caption, Jake and Genie on their wedding day in the French city of Pau in 2024Olympic journey begins this summerTheir relationship transcends the sport but they share the goal of qualifying for the Olympics together in 2028.Jake has been down this path before, narrowly missing out in an Irish internal race-off for one place in the C1 event at the Paris Games two years ago."I'd say Tokyo [Olympics in 2021]...