Lisa Carrington unleashed an outstanding paddle to claim victory over Aimee Fisher on day one of 2023 NZCT New Zealand & Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in their first of the best-of-three series to determine which of the world-class .
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The 24-year-old Taris Harker. Credit: Georgia Schofield Taris Harker was crowned ‘New Zealand’s fastest paddler’ as he edged an exhilarating open men’s K1 200m final to provide a rousing climax to the final day of action at the 2021 NZCT .
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