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IAF officer to represent India in Paralympics Qualifiers IAF officer to represent India in Paralympics Qualifiers NEW DELHI: Wing Commander Shantanu, a serving officer of the Indian Air Force, has been selected to represent India at the World Rowing Asia/ Oceania Continental Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta which is going to be held in May 2021 in Tokyo. He picked up the sport in April 2019 and was selected by the Rowing Federation of India for the October 2019 Asian Rowing Trainin...

European scullers set for Tokyo 2020 qualifier in Varese Sunday, 4 April 2021 Scullers will have one of their final opportunities to qualify for Tokyo 2020 at the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, which starts tomorrow in Varese, Italy. The three-day event will offer qualification opportunities to European nations in the mens and womens single sculls, lightweight double sculls and PR1 mens and womens single sculls. The mens single sculls has the largest field,...

Monday, 8 March 2021 The Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic Continental Qualification Regatta is to proceed as planned in May after World Rowing received assurances that athletes will be allowed to enter Japan to take part. The Japanese Government has told World Rowing and the Japan Rowing Association that foreign delegations will be permitted to enter the country come May - something that is not currently allowed. Japans border has been largely shut in response to the coronavirus pandemi...

Monday, 8 March 2021 International Rugby League (IRL) has completed a consultation on transgender participation, with the organisation saying it will use the upcoming Women’s Rugby League World Cup to inform policy development and will adopt a comprehensive inclusion policy in 2022. The decisions were two outcomes from the consultation, with the IRL also confirming it will not change its current rules on transgender participation prior to this year’s Women’s Rugby League World Cup. The I...

Tuesday, 2 March 2021 World Rowing has delayed making a decision on the status of the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta until March 8. The qualification event is currently scheduled to take place in Tokyo from May 5 to 7. World Rowing says its Executive Committee and the Organising Committee in Tokyo have agreed to wait until March 8 for a decision, with the current state of emergency set to lift on March 7. The governing body said the steps being taken by Governmen...

Lakeland Rowing Club win three medals at World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships A Cumbrian rowing club has won three medals at the World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships. Lakeland Rowing Club’s Celia Whittam, Samantha Ayers and Nick Cowan were among the rowers representing Great Britain in the championships, contested online this week, racing in real-time against competitors on rowing machines in homes and gyms across the world. The trio qualified for the worlds after picking up medals ...

RAF Corporal Victoria Needham will be pulling out all the stops tomorrow (February 24) as she goes through the pain barrier.

The 34-year-old says he’s in as good as shape as ever as he pursues a third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

European regattas to go ahead ); THE European Rowing Championship regatta will go ahead as planned, World Rowing has confirmed. The body also announced that the European Olympic and Paralympic Continental Qualification regatta will take place. Following extensive discussions with all key stakeholders, including the World Rowing executive committee and European Rowing Board, the regattas will take place in April in Varese, Italy. The staging of them has been guided by recommendations from ...

Friday, 29 January 2021 Varese in Italy has been confirmed as the host of the European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta and European Rowing Championships in April. The qualifying event for this years Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo was originally scheduled to take place last year but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  This followed the postponement of Tokyo 2020 to 2021 as a result of the global health crisis, with the Olympics now scheduled from July 23 to August ...