Friday, 14 May 2021, 6:32 pm
Max
Brown and Kurtis Imrie | Image Credit: Georgia
Schofield
Tokyo-bound paddlers Max
Brown and Kurtis Imrie enjoyed a day of perfect preparation
in their Olympic quest by starring as the headline
performers on day one of the NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint
Championships at a sun-drenched Lake Karapiro.
Brown
and Imrie – who are selected for the K2 1000m in Japan –
secured gold and silver in a titanic tussle in the open
men’s K1 1000m A Final before the pair united in their
specialist event to clinch gold and crown a successful
day.
The open men’s K1 1000m promised to be one of