Lisa Carrington is making her competitive return to canoeing at the Blue Lake 2 regatta in Rotorua.
Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington is the star attraction at the Blue Lake 2 regatta in Rotorua this weekend as the four-time Halberg Sportswoman of the year makes her eagerly-awaited return to competition. The 31-year-old paddling ace last competed at the 2020 New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships in February, where she claimed decisive wins in both the K1 200m and K1 500m finals, before the global Covid-19 pandemic wiped out the prospect of any international competition for the year. Carrington (Eastern Bay) is the reigning world K1 200m and K1 500m champion and will seek to produce another top-quality display on Lake Tikitapu, although given the outstanding quality of the opposition on show the 10-time world champion will need to be at her best.