Home support paid dividends as Hungary dominate the action at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup opener in the National Olympic Watersports Centre in Szeged, 10th - 12th May .
True to form, Hungary proved they are the top nation in the world of sprint canoeing bagging six gold, eight silver and four bronze medals in front of a partisan home crowd.
K1 Women 200m Olympic Gold medalist, Lisa Carrington (NZL) continued to dominate in her favoured distance overcoming Karolina Naja (POL) in a close final.
This was the first ICF world event since the London 2012 Olympic Games, and as such it provided a good gauge of athletes condition after their winter break.
Next the athletes travel to Raèice, Czech Republic to compete in the second of this seasons three ICF Sprint World Cup events, 17th-19th May.
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Women
K1 200m 1. Lisa Carrington, New Zealand, 40.475 2. Karolina Naja, Poland, 40.4.99 3. Natalia Podolskaya, Russia, 41.531
