Olympics-Canoe queen Carrington looks to add to New Zealand record haul in Paris


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Sprint - Women's K4 500m - Semifinal 2 - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan – August 7, 2021. Lisa Carrington of New Zealand in action REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

(Reuters) - Canoe sprint champion Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most decorated Olympian at the Tokyo Games and is not ruling out adding to her record medal haul at the Paris Olympics.

The 34-year-old from Tauranga, who took three golds at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway, was named in New Zealand's biggest Olympic team of women canoe sprinters on Wednesday, with five female team mates to join her at her fourth Games.

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