Alyce Burnett has raced into her first senior K1 500 final in an impressive display on the opening day of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 3 in Belgrade.
The 24-year-old Queenslander's individual race was one of several strong performances from the Australian team in Serbia, with Jo Brigden-Jones and Cat McArthur into the final of the K1 1000 and Kenny Wallace and Jordan Wood the final of the K2 1000.
There were also more encouraging results from the Sunshine Coast's Billy Bain, who just missed the final of a very strong K1 1000 and looked strong in his preliminary round of the K1 500, where he'll be joined by Wallace.
Sprinters Matt Goble and Rob McIntyre are both into the semis of the K1 200.
Adelaide canoeist Josie Bulmer continues to improve, making the semi-finals of the C1 200, while Jaime Roberts and McArthur will join Burnett and Alyssa Bull in the semis of the K2 500.
Burnett said she was proud of reaching a new milestone.
"I think last weekend in the semi I went pretty close to making the A final up against some pretty good girls who went on to finish second and third, and I won the B final," she said of her round two performance in Hungary.
"I think this weekend is kind of a redemption round for me and coming second in my semi and progressing through to my first K1 500 final in the senior ranks, I'm pretty happy with that and excited to see how we go tomorrow."
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