Technically unrelated but
At the Australian nationals today, New Zealand's Lisa Carrington and Alicia Hoskin got a 1:36.39, 0.6sec off the world record of 1:35.785. Australia's Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen got a 1:26.87, 0.37sec off the world record of 1:26.50. Both in the k2 500m.