{"id":4065,"date":"2021-06-03T17:53:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T23:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canoeracing.org.nz\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T23:59:50","slug":"nzoc-unveil-womens-canoe-sprint-team-for-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/nzoc-unveil-womens-canoe-sprint-team-for-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"NZOC unveil women&#8217;s canoe sprint team for Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4065\" class=\"elementor elementor-4065\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf795c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf795c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dce84a8\" data-id=\"dce84a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d9a9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62d9a9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington will spearhead the exciting\u00a0quartet of women\u2019s paddlers selected to the New Zealand Team for the Tokyo Olympics Games.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Carrington, who will make her third Olympic appearance in Tokyo, was today named alongside Caitin Regal (nee Ryan), Teneale Hatton and Olympic debutant Alicia Hoskin\u00a0at the official selection announcement held at North Shore Canoe Club.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Given the success of the Gordon Walker-coached athletes, who\u00a0have collectively\u00a0snared 23 medals at past World Canoe Sprint Championships, expectations are high the quartet can make a big impact at the Tokyo Games.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Following a highly competitive and intense selection process &#8211; culminating with last month\u2019s K4 trials on Lake Pupuke &#8211; the athletes will all feature in the women\u2019s K4 500m in Tokyo.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>In the K2 500m Carrington will team up with Regal to form the same partnership which won the event at the 2017 World Championships. Hatton and Hoskin will also compete in the K2 500m in a second boat.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Carrington will seek to become the first New Zealand athlete in history to win three successive Olympic gold medals in the same event after securing selection in the K1 200m. The 31-year-old has won seven successive K1 200m world titles and is undefeated in the discipline for more than a decade.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ba6693 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ba6693\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f8445\" data-id=\"66f8445\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a4a3bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a4a3bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4061\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-04.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fec8dfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fec8dfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a945d7\" data-id=\"7a945d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc6350e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc6350e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The much decorated paddler has also been selected in the K1 500m &#8211; the event where she won bronze at the 2016 Rio Games. She is the current World Champion in the discipline.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Regal, who set a world best time for the K1 500m in 2018, will also compete\u00a0in the K1 500m.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Kayla Imrie has been selected as a reserve in the women\u2019s K4 500m in the event of injury or non-availability of any of the selected quartet.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Carrington, who will be competing in four events across the six-day competition schedule, which runs from August 2-7, said: &#8220;To compete at a third Olympic Games for New Zealand is something I\u2019ve been working towards for a long time.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWhen I started out in the sport I never had high expectations of what I could achieve but after competing at the London 2012 Olympics, it showed me what was possible and my belief has grown over time.<br \/><br \/>\u201cTo be selected in the same squad as athletes I train alongside every day fills me with pride \u2013 because I know how incredibly hard they all work. With every Olympic cycle the sport in New Zealand is becoming\u00a0stronger and stronger.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-350add0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"350add0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e1d282\" data-id=\"8e1d282\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7eb207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7eb207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4063\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-05.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-790008e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"790008e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63e3d00\" data-id=\"63e3d00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06a13e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a06a13e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cTo compete in four events is a real\u00a0privilege, but it isn\u2019t something we\u2019ve just dreamt up overnight. This is something we\u2019ve been working towards since 2017 and\u00a0to earn selection and be a step closer to the Tokyo Olympics is incredibly exciting.\u201d<br \/><br \/>At\u00a021-years-old\u00a0Hoskin is the youngest member of the New Zealand Canoe Sprint squad competing in Tokyo.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>\u201cBeing selected for the Olympics feels surreal and I&#8217;m really\u00a0excited because I&#8217;m racing in a boat with girls I used to get pictures with as a young under-14 paddler,&#8221; said the Gisborne raised athlete.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cAt the Olympics I&#8217;ll be representing my family, our team at HPSNZ, the New Zealand canoe racing community, and our country. I can&#8217;t wait to represent New Zealand in the very best way I can.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>For 29-year-old Regal it will be her second Olympic appearance after featuring in the New Zealand K4 500m crew which finished fifth in the A Final at the 2016 Rio Games. She is also a four-time World Championship medallist.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty proud to be selected, especially when you think about the challenges we faced last year,\u201d explains Caitlin. \u201cTo be part of a an amazing team is exciting and it is great to be able to celebrate with friends and family.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cTo have a shot at competing at three events is a big challenge but I think I can perform well and do my country proud.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6374560 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6374560\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5e9487\" data-id=\"d5e9487\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe6bf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fe6bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4064\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-06.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18c9503 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18c9503\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba23e3b\" data-id=\"ba23e3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71837a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71837a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It will also be a second Olympic Games for the experienced Hatton, who competed in the K1 500m at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 31-year-old Aucklander stepped away from canoe sprint for several years to largely focus on ocean racing (surfski paddling) but the 2014 World K1 1000m champion returned to the sport last year and was been rewarded with a place on the team for Tokyo.<\/p><p>\u201cIt is a special moment because I only had the thought of focusing on making the canoe sprint team last year, and originally the aim was to make it to Paris and not Tokyo.<\/p><p>\u201cBut I also have mixed emotions too. Kayla Imrie (reserve) a team-mate just missed out on selection and there is sense of loss and sadness with that as well.\u201d<\/p><p>Canoe Racing NZ Chair Jan Shearer said: \u201cAfter a prolonged and tricky lead in to the Tokyo Olympics, we are thrilled to have all the CRNZ\u2019s nominated athletes now selected to compete.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cToday it&#8217;s congratulations and thanks to everyone that has contributed to the women\u2019s team and their build up; we can\u2019t wait to watch you all paddle for New Zealand at the Olympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4a85b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4a85b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c748ad\" data-id=\"8c748ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d043ff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d043ff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4062\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uptest.co.nz\/canoeracing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRNZ_NZOC_Announcement-03.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb39ce1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb39ce1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45ff772\" data-id=\"45ff772\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b41d50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b41d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NZOC CEO Kereyn Smith also congratulated the athletes.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s fantastic to have such a strong women&#8217;s\u00a0canoe sprint\u00a0programme with exciting athletes competing across a range of disciplines in Tokyo,&#8221; said Smith.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;Well done to all those selected and we look forward to watching you add to our proud Olympic legacy when the Games begin in just 49 days time.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>New Zealand will send a team of six canoe sprint athletes to the Tokyo Games following the selection in April of New Zealand duo Max Brown and Kurtis Imrie in the men\u2019s K2 1000m.<\/p><p>Images: Georgia Schofield<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington will spearhead the exciting\u00a0quartet of women\u2019s paddlers selected to the New Zealand Team for the Tokyo Olympics Games.\u2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NZOC unveil women&#039;s canoe sprint team for Tokyo - CRNZ - Sprint, Surf Ski &amp; 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