Lisa Carrington goes big at Canoe sprint world cup, The Blues squander a chance to upset the high flying Crusaders and Laura catches up with the ACC commentary boys ahead of the CWC 2019
Olympic champion Lisa Carrington continued her dominance at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup, cruising to back-to-back individual gold medals.
After opening her World Cup campaign in Poland on Sunday (NZT) with victory in the K1 200m, Carrington returned to the water this morning to take out the K1 500mfield in choppy conditions.
Her record 1m 47.839s set her nearly two boat lengths ahead of runner up Volha Khudzenka of Belarus.
Carrington was pleased with her finish and said it was good preparation for August's world championships in Hungary.
"Today was just about practising what I've been doing in training and really preparing for world champs," Carrington told Newshub. "The conditions are tricky, but we're an outdoor sport."
"It was a race that meant a lot to us," Ryan said. "We've all had a really big weekend, trying new things and taking some learnings.
"To come back and put some real emphasis on that K4 was pretty cool - I'm pretty sure we're all very proud."
Meanwhile, Imrie finished fourth in the semifinals of the K1 200m with duo Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie finishing behind a German one-two in the A final of the men's K2 1000m.