23 Mar 2012

2012 NZ canoe squad named

7:35 am on 23 March 2012

World champion Lisa Carrington heads the New Zealand Canoe Racing team named to attend the World Cups and hopefully this year's Olympics.

The squad includes all the paddlers who have qualified the seats for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Carrington will contest her world championship event the Women's K1 200m and team up with Erin Taylor in the K2 500.

Teneale Hatton will contest the Women's K1 500.

Former World Champion and Olympic Silver medallist Ben Fouhy will race the Men's K1 1000 and Steve Ferguson and Darryl Fitzgerald the Men's K2 1000.

Final Olympic nominations will be made in June once World Cups results are known.