Kayaking: Carrington into K1 200m final

Lisa Carrington is through to the K1 200m final at the canoe sprint world championships in Hungary after dominating her heat and semifinal overnight.

Carrington opened with a 39.513sec heat win, backing that up with 40.060sec victory in the semifinal.

Carrington also combined with Erin Taylor in the K2 500m, but tailed the field home to finish ninth in the A final in 1min 42.423sec. The top six finishers earned a qualifying berth at next year's London Olympics.

Earlier, Ben Fouhy finished a disappointing ninth in the K1 1000 A final, a race in which the top seven finishers earned automatic qualification for the Olympics.

- NZPA