Flood on track for Rio canoe sprint

Naomi Flood has won the women's K1 500 at the national canoe sprint championships to stay on track for the Rio Olympics.

Naomi Flood has kept her Olympic dream alive with victory in the women's K1 500 race-off at the national canoe sprint championships in Perth.

The London Olympian entered Sunday's head-to-head battle with her K2 teammate and close friend Jo Brigden-Jones needing a victory to ensure that the Olympic nomination race goes to the first World Cup in May.

Flood recorded a the time of 1min 54.77sec, to finish 0.76 seconds ahead of Brigden-Jones.

"Obviously, I thought my dream was over after the K2 final when we got second to the young girls," Flood said.

The battle to determine who will secure the third and final place in the women's Olympic team will now be decided at the first canoe sprint World Cup in Duisburg on May 20-22.

Whoever finishes as the highest-ranked paddler in their respective events will earn the right to be nominated to the Australian Olympic Committee.

In the event that Flood (K1 500) and Brigden-Jones (K1 200) both produce the same result, the decision will be determined based on the percentage they finish behind the winners.