New Zealand's Olympic champion Lisa Carrington capped a dream three weeks and asserted herself as one of the planet's most dominant flatwater kayakers after another World Cup gold medal-winning performance.
The New Zealand kayaker Lisa Carrington in World Cup action. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The 25-year-old New Zealand paddler romped home to win the K1 200m on Lake Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, finishing more than a second clear of Austrian Yvonne Schuring and Kazakhstani Inna Klinova.
It was her fifth title in the last three weeks of World Cup competition.
She never lost a race across a variety of courses and conditions, and she heads back to New Zealand this week delighted with her progress.
"It just gives me a lot of confidence that what I'm doing is working well," Carrington said.
"Obviously there's some things we can work on and it's great to race because then it exposes those things that aren't as good as they need to be."
"I'm not 100 percent sure what I need to do from now to world champs but we'll be working over the next few days to figure out what I can do and what I can figure out in the past that has worked."
Carrington clocked 40.928secs in the sprint final, with Schuring more than a full boat-length back in 42.240.
Carrington also won the K1 500m earlier in the regatta.
She now continues her preparations for August's World Championships in Italy.
"This campaign has been pretty tough because it's been three weeks in a row. There's a lot I can learn and it's good for me to know I can back up racing week after week."
Carrington and Marty McDowell were the only New Zealanders to compete in the year's third World Cup, with McDowell finishing eighth in the K1 1000m final.
