Double Olympic canoe champion Lisa Carrington will have her first competitve outing in ten months when she competes at a regatta in Rotorua this weekend.
The 31-year-old four time Halberg Sportswoman of the Year last competed at the New Zealand Canoe Sprint Champs in February, where she enjoyed decisive wins in both the K1 200m and K1 500m finals, before the global pandemic wiped out the prospect of any international competition for the year including Carrington s Tokyo Olympic bid.
Carrington is the current world K1 200m and K1 500m champion and will race in the Blue Lake 2 regatta on Lake Tikitapu.