Ohope kayaker Lisa Carrington has won a second gold medal at the ICF Canoe Sprints in Poland.
The Olympic gold medallist backed up her win in the 500m WK1 at the weekend to win gold in her specialist event, the WK 200m.
In the final day of racing, and her
last race for the World Cups, Carrington again put her stamp on the K1 200m event, winning ahead of the two local Polish girls and claiming her fifth gold medal in three World Cup events. Her time of 42.685 was 0.696 ahead of Poland's Marta Walczykiewicz and 0.0832 ahead of Karolina Naja.
Teneale Hatton and Rachael Dodwell also performed well in the K2 200m coming in sixth in the A final in a time of 42.673. This team has improved with each race and will be pleased with their progress.
Hatton also won the women's K1 5000 in a time of 22:01.362 pipping Emilie Fournel by 1.488 seconds and Bridgitte Hartley by 26.820 seconds.
