The 2020 European Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland saw an impressive eight gold medals for the Netherlands with Italy and Romania winning four each. Ukraine made a strong opening statement in the para rowing events with a silver for Anna Sheremet in the PR1 women’s single sculls and gold for Roman Polianskyi in the equivalent
The pandemic could not slow down the excitement of staging an on-water regatta and Poznan, Poland is the location. More than 570 top European rowers from 31 nations will head to Poznan for the 2020 European Rowing Championships from 9-11 October 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, this will be the third
Two days of racing in Duisburg, Germany concluded with plenty of gold for Italy, Romania and host nation Germany at the 2020 European Rowing Under 23 Championships. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held with a host of prevention measures including testing for teams arriving from ‘high-risk’ countries, hand sanitization at all entrances and
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus), the quickly growing number of cases now reported worldwide, government actions to contain the virus and increasing restrictions on global travel, the FISA Executive Committee, the Italian Rowing Federation, the cities of Sabaudia, Varese and Gavirate, and the respective Organising Committees (OCs) have been carefully evaluating the impact
Raced in four boat classes, the mixed double sculls (CMix2x), mixed coxed quadruple sculls (CMix4x+) and the men’s and women’s solo (CM1x & CW1x), the competitors began with a beach sprint to their boat. Then they rowed a slalom course around two buoys, a final buoy turn back to the beach for a total of
The finalists for the 2019 World Rowing Awards have been decided. Following public nomination, the FISA Executive Committee selected the finalists based on the analysis of the expert panels created for each of the awards. Finalists for the 2019 World Rowing Awards Thomas Keller Medal – for a rower who has had a long and
In May 2020 The Girls who Dare will be rowing unaided 4,000 kms from California to Hawaii. The current World Record for a women’s open 4 is 50 days, 19 hours, 14 minutes, which they hope to break. They will set off from Monterey in California to row 2,400 miles across the Pacific Ocean to
The 2019 World Rowing Championships doubled as the main qualification regatta for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This doubled the excitement and intensity as racing became much more than about medals. The Netherlands and Great Britain proved to be the most successful in Olympic qualification with both countries securing ten boat classes out
The 2019 World Rowing Championships doubling as the main qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and this has potentially played a part in attracting a record number of countries. To be held in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria from 25 August through to 1 September, the championships has attracted nearly 1200 athletes from 80
Five days of racing at the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships finished with Tokyo’s new regatta venue passing its test with flying colours and Germany winning the most medals. Held at the new Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Regatta course, the Sea Forest Waterway, in Tokyo, Japan, the junior championships doubled as the test event
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