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New High School Rowing League

A new high-school rowing league is cheduled to begin in fall 2027 in Oklahoma City thanks to a $1 million grant from the Inasmuch Foundation to the RIVERSPORT Foundation, which will administer the new Varsity Rowing League.
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Olympic Oarsman Mulcahy to Be Honored at Fordham

1904 Olympic oarsman John Mulcahy will be honored along with Olympic medalist and world champion Fiona Murtagh '16 at Fordham Hall of Fame ceremony.
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Inaugural Shanghai Sprints

The World Rowing Shanghai Sprints will take place September 26–27, 2026, in Shanghai, China, and feature seven national teams and an eighth world team racing 500-meter sprints in the city center with thousands of dollars in prize money on the line.

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The Coastal Rowing Whisperer

Upbeat Marc Oria is a guru-like figure in Beach Sprints, which will debut at the LA Olympics, where world champion Chris Bak of the U.S. is favored to medal.

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World Rowing Launches Beach Sprint Series

The series will open in 2027 with stops Turkey and China featuring 16 national teams in the three LA28 events—men’s solo, women’s solo, and mixed double.
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World Best Times Fall on Final Day of World Rowing Championships

The Netherlands' men's eight rowed the fastest race ever on their home course and Simona Radis stroked the Romanian women's eight to gold as both set new standards in World Rowing Championship speed.
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Triple Gold for U.S. Fours at World Championships

With the eights and singles finals still to come, USRowing is having its best World Rowing Championships, with gold medals in three fours events.
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First-ever Gold for U.S. Para Four

The U.S. Para mixed coxed four (PR3 Mix4+) trailed for most of the race, coming through in the last 500 to dethrone the British.

Training

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Coxing: Summer Planning for Fall Rowing

Writing a plan forces you to think it through, to speak to your rowers and coach about it, and to get it anchored in your brain. It also make it easier to pivot.

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From the Editor: The September Issue

This and recent issues of Rowing News are full of newcomers. Just as rowing, the oldest intercollegiate sport in the world, adds to its offerings and grows, so do we.
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California RC Men, Brock Women Win Senior Eights at Canadian Henley

The 142nd Royal Canadian Henley Regatta brought over 2,000 entries from 130 clubs to St. Catharines, Ontario's historic race course.
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Litchfield Hills RC Hosts Regatta to End ALZ

The Litchfield Hills Rowing Club will host the first-ever Regatta to End ALZ on Saturday, August 15, as part of the club's annual Head of the Swain.
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Lenny Peters Cup to Feature U.S. Women’s Four

$200,000 gift from the Lenny Peters Foundation elevates the 2026 Lenny Peters Cup & High Point Autumn Rowing Festival as defending world champion U.S. women's four headlines international regatta.
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Seven U.S. Crews Racing at 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships

Seven U.S. crews will race in nine events at the 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 6-9.
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142nd Royal Canadian Henley Regatta

At one time or another, almost all of North America’s best rowers race in St. Catharines, Ontario. To race at Canadian Henley is to come of age as a rower.
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U.S. Team Ready for 2026 World Rowing Championships

Formidable line-ups in the eights, fours, and quads—along with Sam Melvin's arrival as a top sculler—point to what could be the best U.S. results ever at the 2026 World Rowing Championship in Amsterdam, August 24-30.
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U.S. Collegiate Rowers Win Big at U23 Worlds

The U.S. women's U23 eight won gold, one of five Olympic-class results at the under-23 regatta in Duisburg, Germany. Greece topped the medals table. Great Britain won the men's eight for the seventh year in a row.
Coaches

Tyler Nase Named Penn Women’s Head Coach

Nase returns to Philadelphia, where he began his rowing career on the Schuylkill River and later launched his coaching career at Penn.
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Olaf Tufte, 1976-2026

Olaf Tufte rowed at seven Olympic Games, from Atlanta 1996 to Tokyo 2020, winning two Olympic gold medals in the single sculls, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, silver in the double sculls at Sydney 2000, and bronze in the double at Rio 2016.
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Six U.S. Crews Win Opening Heats at World Rowing U23 Championships

American boats advanced directly to six semifinals or A finals on the opening day in Duisburg, Germany.
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World Rowing Shanghai Sprints Lineups Announced

The new, ‘mano a mano’ 500m sprint format regatta will be held in downtown Shanghai on September 26th and 27th and feature eight top international teams competing for thousands of dollars in prize money.
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Wildfire Smoke Disrupts RowFest Regatta

Unprecedented, hazardous air quality led to the closure of the Ford Lake venue for a second day at RowFest, USRowing's summer conglomeration of masters and club nationals with the International Rowing Challenge for youth athletes.
Coaches

Linda Muri Back in the Launch as Head Coach at Simmons University

The three-time world champion and veteran coach Linda Muri returns to coaching rowing as head coach, fittingly at the place where her collegiate coaching career began, Simmons University.

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