Lisa Carrington, left, and Aimee Fisher, training on the Clive River in 2018. Fisher left the national training programme in 2020 and didn't compete in Tokyo. In a normal year the Olympics and World Championships wouldn't be in the same year. Canoe Racing CEO Tom Ashley says their selection policy for the K1 events is purely objective and after winning the trial at the national champs Fisher indicated that she wanted to go to the world champs. Ashley wouldn't expand on any apparent differences that there may have been between the national body and Fisher.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 25, 2021 22:07 UTC