WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Olympic champion Lisa Carrington will feature a little New Zealand flatwater kayaking group at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with the nation sending a ladies' K4 squad interestingly.
The 26-year-old Carrington, who won the K1 200 meters gold in London, has likewise been chosen in the K1 500 occasion, having won both races finally year's big showdowns in Milan — simply the third lady to accomplish the deed.
Carrington is one of New Zealand's top picks for gold in Rio, having been unbeaten in the K1 200 for a long time.
The determination of the K4 500 vessel of Jaimee Lovett, Caitlin Ryan, Aimee Fisher and Kayla Imrie was particularly satisfying for Canoe Racing New Zealand (CRNZ), given the group had just been as one for under year and a half.
"We're enchanted to see the interest in our ladies' system paying off and our competitors finding the opportunity to show what they're equipped for at the most elevated amount," CRNZ CEO Mark Weatherall said.
"New Zealand has a glad Olympic kayaking history and we're eager to see that proceed with," he included.
It is the first run through New Zealand has sent a K4 group to the Olympics since Barcelona in 1992 when a men's group made the semi-finals.
New Zealand's K4 1000 men's group won gold in Los Angeles in 1984 when the kayaking group likewise won three other gold awards, with Ian Ferguson winning three.
Marty McDowell is the sole male contender chose for Rio, in the men's K1 1000. It will be his first Olympics.
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