Rowing 2017 Discussion Thread

[MantaRaymarc 132]

[Bearas 581]

FISA congress coming to the end. Biggest drama of course was the proposal fro Tokyo 2020 programme. The results:

 

a) FINA proposal - Replace LM4- with W4- - 94 votes

b) AUS, CHN, DEN, SUI (and CAN) proposal - Replace M4- with LW4- - 67 votes

Yay, finally less lightweight boats in Olympics. Of course it still will have to be confirmed by IOC.

 

Other new resolutions:

• Paralympic course upgraded from 1 km to 2 km
• Gender of coxswain won't matter any more. This means that in Olympics a men coxswain can be in W8+ team or a lady coxswain in M8+ team. Only requirement for coxswain is to weight at least 55 kg.

[dcro 10,210]

LM4- out

[George_D 1,473]

Glasgow is confirmed as rowing venue for 2018 European Championships

[Bearas 581]

 Donata Vištartaitė-Karalienė announced about her retirement from rowing at the age of 27. She won bronze in 2016 Rio Olympics, gold in 2013 World Championships. She also owns 4 European championships medals (2 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

[dcro 10,210]

Sarasota, Florida is supposed to host World Championships in two weeks... Looks like it might get cancelled considering the weather.

Edited September 8, 2017 by dcro

[bestmen 2,906]

nothing cancelled , the date still 23/09 , did the hurricane destroy the park ?

 

http://wrch2017.com/

[Gianlu33 5,280]

8 minutes ago, bestmen said:

nothing cancelled , the date still 23/09 , did the hurricane destroy the park ?

 

http://wrch2017.com/

Nope, only minor damage

[Gianlu33 5,280]

Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of the World Rowing Federation (FISA), has signalled a potentially bleak future for lightweight rowing at the Olympics.

At the FISA Extraordinary Congress in February, Rolland helped persuade the membership to reach the gender equality required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by dropping the lightweight coxless men's four from the Games programme in favour of a women's coxless four. 

This left only the men's and women's double sculls as lightweight Olympic events at Tokyo 2020.

But as the 47th World Rowing Championships get underway in Florida - helping to mark FISA's 125th anniversary - Rolland has admitted that lightweight rowing may not have an Olympic future beyond Tokyo.

 

[Agger 1,701]

3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of the World Rowing Federation (FISA), has signalled a potentially bleak future for lightweight rowing at the Olympics.

At the FISA Extraordinary Congress in February, Rolland helped persuade the membership to reach the gender equality required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by dropping the lightweight coxless men's four from the Games programme in favour of a women's coxless four. 

This left only the men's and women's double sculls as lightweight Olympic events at Tokyo 2020.

But as the 47th World Rowing Championships get underway in Florida - helping to mark FISA's 125th anniversary - Rolland has admitted that lightweight rowing may not have an Olympic future beyond Tokyo.

 

 

Not much of a surprise. He has long shown disinterest in lightweight rowing (and it seems like IOC aren't too fond of it as well). 

That's terribly sad for the universality of the sport.