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
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games rowing regatta venue, the Sea Forest Waterway, will play host to the top junior rowers in the world for the 2019 World Rowing Junior Championships. This will take place from 7 to 11 August 2019 and doubles as a test event for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The 2019 World Rowing season moves on to the final in the World Rowing Cup series of three. World Rowing Cup III takes place on the Williem Alexander Baan International Regatta Course for the first time in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from 12-14 July 2019. The regatta will be combined with the traditional Holland Beker regatta
The University of Bath Rowing Club will be well represented when the world-famous Henley Royal Regatta gets under way on Wednesday. The men’s eight start their Temple Challenge Cup campaign at 3.05pm when they face Purdue University from Indiana in the United States. Crew Bath’s men’s coxed four also face American opposition in the first
Europe’s top rowers head for Lucerne, Switzerland next week to compete at the 2019 European Rowing Championships. The regatta takes place from 31 May – 2 June. The regatta has attracted representation from 36 member federations, tied for the record, with a near record of just under 600 athletes entered. Both Great Britain and Germany
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