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Lisa Carrington's gold rush could not continue as the Kiwi crew missed out on a medal in a rain-affected Olympic final in Tokyo.

TOKYO — U.S. men continued to sputter on the athletics track at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, while kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand’s most…

After winning gold in London in 2012 and Rio four years later, Carrington could have been excused if her prowess had faded in the five years following. But the seven-time world champion in the shortest distance remained untouchable, trouncing the world's elite in an Olympic-best time of 38.12 seconds – finishing almost a kayak-length clear of Spain's Teresa Portela with Denmark’s Emma Jorgensen third. She then teamed up with Caitlin Regal and smashed the world’s best time when winning gold in the K2 500 final in 1:35.785, with Poland taking silver and Hungary bronze. Only one woman ...

Coming off an Olympic-best time in their semifinal, Carrington and Regal were clear victors in a time of 1:35.785, ahead of Poland and Hungary. The previous world’s best time was 1:37.071 set by an Austrian duo in 2011. That was despite it being Carrington's fourth race of the day at the Sea Forest Waterway in just more than three hours. It was Regal's first Olympic medal – the 29-year-old made her Olympic debut in 2016 when part of the NZ crew which finished fifth in the K4 500. Regal will be one of Carrington's biggest rivals in the K1 500 event, which starts on Wednesday. Lee Jin-m...

Aaron Goile14:07, Jul 30 2021 Carolyn Kaster/AP Jonelle Price and Grovine De Reve got New Zealand’s equestrian campaign underway in Tokyo. Jonelle Price has got New Zealand’s Tokyo Olympics equestrian campaign off to a solid start on Friday’s opening day of the eventing competition. In the first of three dressage sessions, world No 7 Price, aboard Grovine De Reve, produced a decent showing for the three judges, to be awarded a score of 30.70, which had her placed eighth of 21 riders in that opening session (there are 63 riders overall). In what is a new and shorter Olympic dressage te...