Kayaking: Kiwi paddler Lisa Carrington, Caitlin Ryan grab gold in world championship K2 500

Lisa Carrington racing in the women's K2 500 at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championship. Photo/Photosport

Kayaking superstar Lisa Carrington has added to her world championship medal collection, claiming gold and silver medals at Racice in the Czech Republic.

The two-time Olympic champion teamed with Caitlin Ryan to dominate the K2 500 final, winning by a full boat length, after Carrington had earlier finished second in the K1 500.

Carrington, 28, was the second-fastest qualifier through the individual semifinals, behind Belarussian Volha Khudzenka, and drew lane two for the medal race.

The Kiwi was out quickly and led with 130 metres to go, but appeared to tire slightly over the closing stages.

There was never much between the two rivals down the straight, but Khudzenka edged ahead in the final metres to clock 1min 48.421sec, with Carrington just 0.289sec behind.

She won over this distance two years ago, but finished third at last year's Rio de Janiero Olympics. She beat Olympic silver medallist Emma Jorgensen of Denmark into third today.

Carrington now has six world titles since 2011 - this was her second silver medal.

In the double-paddle event, little more than an hour later, she and Ryan rocketed out of the start and were more than a second ahead through halfway. They were never seriously challenged, finishing in 1min 38.687sec and still going away, with the German pair of Dietze/Weber 1.895sec adrift.

Carrington has a chance to add to her haul later tomorrow, when she and Ryan line up with Kayla Imrie and Aimee Fishter in the K4 crew that qualified fastest for their 500m final.

The Kiwi foursome, fifth at Rio without Carrington, was timed at 1min 30.439sec, more than a second clear of the next fastest heat winners, Hungary.

"There's been a lot of work that we've put into it," said Kayla Imrie. "This doesn't come easy and there's been a lot of sweat and tears along the way.

"I'm proud of all the girls and what we've done to get where we are today. Hopefully, the weekend turns out for us and we can put a good performance on."

Carrington was also quickest to qualify for her specialty K1 200 semifinals, where she has won both her Olympic titles. She clocked 40.222sec, with Slovenian Spela Ponomarenko Janic next fastest at 40.300sec.