Dame Lisa Carrington is aiming to win her 11th world title in Canada ©Getty Images

Dartmouth in Canada is set to stage the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships, with five-time Olympic champion Dame Lisa Carrington among the field.

The New Zealander joins fellow Tokyo 2020 gold medallists Bálint Kopasz of Hungary, Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil and Nevin Harrison of the United States in the line-up.

Kopasz is expected to face competition from reigning world champion Fernando Pimenta of Portugal in the men’s K1 1000 metres title.

Pimenta defeated Kopasz when they faced each other at last year’s edition in Danish capital Copenhagen.

Harrison is set to make her first appearance on the international circuit since winning women’s C1 200m gold at last year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Bálint Kopasz will be aiming to exact revenge over Fernando Pimenta after losing last year's final ©Getty Images
Bálint Kopasz will be aiming to exact revenge over Fernando Pimenta after losing last year's final ©Getty Images

Canada’s Katie Vincent, Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan and Cuba’s Yarisleidis Duboys are also considered as contenders for that title.

Queiroz, a winner of the men’s C1 1000m at Tokyo 2020, is poised to come up against the likes of Czech Republic’s Martin Fuksa, who has not lost at World Cup level this year, and reigning world champion Conrad Scheibner of Germany.

Dame Lisa is a strong favourite to capture the women’s K1 500m crown.

Paralympic champions Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw of Britain, Hungary’s Peter Kiss, Fernando Rufino of Brazil and Germany’s Edina Muller are set to compete in the Para events.

Competition is set to start tomorrow and run until Sunday (August 7).