Flat Water - Fast Times

A meeting yesterday of the FISA council has seen the Finals of the World Rowing Championships to be scheduled over 4 days, starting at Karapiro.  So reschedule your holidays.

This makes the eight day passes even more valuable as those that were intending to come just for the finals on Saturday and Sunday - on day tickets - will need thursday and Friday off work, as well as  doubling the number of tickets they will need to buy!

The FISA Announcement:

"New Event Schedules

One of the foremost items listed on the Council’s agenda were the new event schedules for the Olympic Games, the World Rowing Championships, the World Rowing Under 23 Championships, the World Rowing Junior Championships and the Rowing World Cup series. All aspects of these new schedules, including the feedback of National Federations and Organising Committees, were considered in great detail.

Following the discussions, the Council re-confirmed the decision to stage the finals of the Olympic Rowing Regatta and the World Rowing Championships over four days, starting in 2010 for the World Rowing Championships and 2012 for the Olympic Games.  It also confirmed the dates of the Olympic regatta with the reserve day becoming Sunday, 5 August 2012.

The Council also confirmed the decision to shift the junior championship schedule from the current Wednesday through Saturday schedule to a new Thursday through Sunday format. For both the junior and the under-23 championships, the finals of boat classes with 13 or more entries will be held on the Sunday, while those with 12 or fewer entries at the entry deadline will be held on the Saturday.

Regarding the Rowing World Cup series, the Council confirmed its intention to stage the last four final races of each Rowing World Cup regatta consistently at all regattas featuring the two singles and the two eights while ensuring that all 14 events are included on the international signal of the host broadcast.

It is believed that the new schedules will increase the media impact of rowing events by expanding the number of days that have final races and allow more focus on the athletes by reducing the volume of finals that take place on one day."

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