Qingdao, China will host the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, October 18-21, featuring 222 crews from 52 nations competing in 10 events, including the three new Olympic events.
The decision by both the Canadian and Australian Olympic Committees not to send athletes to Tokyo this summer significantly increases the pressure to postpone or cancel the 2020 Games.
USRowing announced Tuesday afternoon the postponement of Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials II. The announcement came after statements from the IOC and FISA outlining their plan to proceed with the Olympics and continue to work together to assign remaining Olympic spots.
There’s something to be said for going out on top. In April, Eric Murray, one half of the most successful partnership in rowing—arguably all of sport—announced he was making his post-Rio sabbatical permanent.
The dramatic removal of the lightweight men’s four from the Olympic program wasn’t the only consequential decision to come out of February’s FISA Extraordinary Congress in Tokyo.
Qingdao, China will host the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals, October 18-21, featuring 222 crews from 52 nations competing in 10 events, including the three new Olympic events.