Powering to success

THE Australian women’s K4 500 canoe sprint team has shocked even themselves with a stunning silver medal at the ICF World Cup in Szeged, Hungary.

The Australian crew, which only came together two months ago, chased the highly-rated New Zealand team to the line, and in the process set the fastest ever time for a women’s K4 500 crew.

Alyce Burnett, Alyssa Bull and Jaime Roberts all paddled together in 2017, and for this weekend they added experienced Olympian Jo Brigden Jones.

Burnett said in the early days there was plenty of doubt among the crew.

“Two months ago after Nationals we decided we would give the K4 a red hot crack, but to be honest when we first jumped in it at the first training camp we were all second guessing ourselves,” she said.

The Australian team now heads to Duisburg, Germany, for World Cup 2 next weekend.