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World Sailing and Virtual Regatta join first ever Olympic Virtual Series © World Sailing World Sailing, supported by Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, have partnered with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to join the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS). Olympic Virtual Series The first ever Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports will mobilise virtual sport and gaming enthusiasts all around the world in order to reach new Olympic au...

Ireland's women's four team of Emily Hegarty, Eimear Lambe, Aifric Keogh and Fiona Murtagh recorded an effortless win in their heat at the final Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne this morning.

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BusinessWorld May 10, 2021 | 6:51 pm MAKE it eight Filipino athletes now representing the country in the Tokyo Olympics later this year. This, after national rowing team member Cris Nievarez earned a spot in the rescheduled Games where he will be competing in the men’s single sculls. The welcome news was announced by the Philippine Rowing Association (PRA) on Monday after getting official communication from the World Rowing Federation. “We are happy to share that the Philipp...

Friday, 7 May 2021 The host nation dominated the final day of racing at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifier on the regatta course due to hold Tokyo 2020 rowing events. In ideal racing conditions, following the bad weather which wiped out the opening day’s competition, Japan won all four of the Olympic races in this World Rowing event at the Sea Forest Waterway on Tokyo Bay. Shiho Yonekawa was the women’s single sculls winner with Ryuta Arakawa finishing first in the men�...

World Rowing confirms first COVID-19 case at Olympic qualifier in Tokyo Wednesday, 5 May 2021 World Rowing has confirmed a member of the Sri Lankan team has tested positive for coronavirus at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifier in Japanese capital Tokyo. The "team support member" was found to have contracted COVID-19 after producing positive antigen and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. World Rowing said the rest of the Sri Lankan team returned negative results after fol...

The 2021 World Cup Series has begun and Croatia plays host to the international rowing community for World Cup I . Strong headwinds and occasional crosswind gusts meant conditions on Lake Jarun – situated 7km south of Zagreb’s city centre – were not easy for the international athletes. Photo Headwind on the course for time trials on Friday in Zagreb Credit Benedict Tufnell Time trials It was an unusual start to proceedings as each crew followed one after another in processional order. ...

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Gran Turismo Is Going to the Tokyo Olympics Share: Gran Turismo is set to become a bona fide Olympic sport, as it’s been selected as one of the five official partners of the inaugural Olympic Virtual Series, which is slated to take place from 13th May through 23rd June. That’s prior to the delayed Tokyo Olympics, which is currently scheduled to start in July. This will mark the first ever Olympic event for esports. There’ll be five games featured as part of the event in total, each of whi...

autoevolution 22 Apr 2021, 12:22 UTC · by The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today, April 22, that it would work with five International Sports Federations (IFs) and game publishers to create the first Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports. The event will comprise a number of virtual sporting events called Olympic Virtual Series (OVS) that will take place ahead of Tokyo Olympics. 1 photo The OVS will begin on May 13th and run until June 23...