Team Germany wins gold in the mixed eights, while the World Team the inaugural World Rowing Shanghai Sprints Overall Trophy.

The 2026 World Rowing Shanghai Sprints delivered thrills and spills, with head-to-head 500-meter races on a course with a bend in a major city's center.

The inaugural World Rowing Shanghai Sprints takes place on 26-27 September 2026 in Shanghai, China, bringing together some of the biggest names in international rowing for a fast-paced weekend of head-to-head racing. Rowers compete over a 500-meter course in a knockout format, with crews racing head-to-head through successive rounds to determine the overall winners.

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.

Bled, Slovenia hosted the largest World Rowing Masters Regatta to date.

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.

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.

With the eights and singles finals still to come, USRowing is having its best World Rowing Championships, with gold medals in three fours events.

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.

U.S. crews, led by the men's and women's fours and quads blazing through the heats and semifinals, are showing medal-winning potential at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with big boat finals this weekend.

The U.S. men's junior eight won the silver medal, behind Great Britain and ahead of Germany in third. Germany and Romania tied atop the medals table with three golds and six total medals each.

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