PHOTO: REUTERSKayaking star Lisa Carrington has left others in her wake, powering through her K1 200m semifinal to set a new Olympic record. It could be another golden day for New Zealand in Tokyo, with Carrington chasing her third and fourth Olympic gold medals this afternoon. Carrington won the K1 200m semifinal race with ease at 12.30pm (NZ time), leading from start to finish and posting a time of 38.127sec to smash the previous record by 1.7 seconds. Yesterday, she blitzed the field in her K1 200m heat before linking with Caitlin Regal for a second triumph in the K2 500m, advancing straight to the semis in both events. The K1 200m final is at 2.30pm.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 03, 2021 00:45 UTC