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Source: China State Council Information Office The 2021 World Rowing Championships has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rowing’s executive committee announced on Sunday. The competition was originally scheduled to be held from October 17 to 24 in Dianshan Lake, Qingpu District in Shanghai. An announcement by World Rowing explained that due to the pandemic and related mitigation measures, the Shanghai organising committee (OC) believes that it is not feasible to stage the event. World Rowing expressed gratitude for the hard work of the Shanghai OC and the Chinese Rowing Asso...

Cal rowing to make a splash in Tokyo Cal Athletics/Courtesy Bears have long been a part of the Olympic Games. Cal crew teams have struck gold for the United States three times at the games, more than any other university. This July, eight rowers will join the ranks of Cal Olympians when they hit the waters in Tokyo. Five of those eight alumni hail from the women’s rowing program. Alumnus Kara Kohler became the first U.S. rower to qualify for the Olympics in the single sculls event. Kohler punched her ticket in February after winning the event at the U.S. Olympic Rowing Trials. A 2011 All-Am...

Author of the article: Rob Gowan Publishing date: Jun 06, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  3 minute read  •  Bayleigh Hooper, second from right, and the rest of her crew with their gold medals in Gavirate Italy after winning the PR 3 coxed four mixed final and qualifying for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The crew includes, from left, Kyle Fredrickson, Victoria Nolan, Andrew Todd, Hooper, and Laura Court. Photo by Maren Derlien/MyRowingPhoto.com Article content Bayleigh Hooper of Chatsworth is Tokyo-bound. The 22-year-old rower and the rest of her PR3 mixed coxed four crew won the fi...

JEDDAH: The Saudi national rowing team has secured a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics after the final qualification results were calculated and announced by the World Rowing Federation on Thursday. The Saudi Rowing Federation revealed that Husein Alireza, one of Saudi Arabia’s top rowers, will now compete in the Men’s Single Sculls, and Sultan Al-Shali will be his substitute at

Boat and canoe sprint events in the Tokyo Olympics will be held in Tokyo’s Koto Ward at the Sea Forest Waterway, the water channel at the center of this aerial photo taken on Feb. 1. (Tatsuya Shimada) An event staffer at an international boat racing competition anxiously examined the long, cylindrical floats lining the roughly 2,000-meter course at the Sea Forest Waterway in the capital’s Koto Ward. “I hope none of them are attached to the devices,” the staff member said, worriedly gazing into the water as if a monster was lurking below the surface. The staffer was working at a May ev...