"Of course, she is a little disappointed to miss the gold, especially when it's such a small margin, but she's absolutely rapt with the performance," Walker said.
Another paddler pleased with her progress was Teneale Hatton, who performed consistently throughout the world cups over the last two weekends.
Her seventh placing in the C final of the K1 200m - a non-specialist event for her - was more about increasing her racing experience, with her focus being on the K1 500m.
After finishing sixth in the B final of that discipline on Saturday night to back up a fourth in the B final last weekend in Poland, it's now a waiting game to see if Hatton has done enough on the water to be added to the Games team by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Two hours after the battle in the K1 200m, Carrington climbed into the K2 with Erin Taylor to contest the B final of the women's K2 500m. From the halfway mark, the pair moved to the front of the race and controlled it for the remainder to win by a full second.
With the world cups finished, the team are now packing up and moving into the next stage of the Olympic campaign. That involves the team breaking into three groups to target their specific areas at training camps around Europe, before coming together again at the London Olympics.APNZ
