Rowing News

The World Rowing Shanghai Sprints brings together 88 athletes from seven national teams, plus a “World Team” of all-stars, competing across six boat classes in a fast-paced, knockout-format regatta. Races will take place over a 500-m...

Over 4,7000 rowers from around the world gathered to row on Lake Bled for the 2026 World Rowing Masters Regatta. Participants raced over 20,000 seats from singles to eights over the record-setting event’s five days.

“This event shows what makes nasters rowing so special,” said Jernej Slivnik, executive director of the regatta. “People travel from every corner ...

Former Canadian national team oarsman Don Lindsay and the Lindsay Family Foundation have made a $1 million gift to Rowing Canada Aviron’s under-construction National Training Centre, with the facility’s new boathouse to be named the Lindsay Boathouse.

This isn’t Lindsay’s first million-dollar gift to rowing. In 2023, through the Lindsay Family Foundation, he g...

We’re not even halfway to the LA2028 Olympics, despite what the calendar says. Sure, 2026 seems like the midpoint between 2024 and 2028, but in terms of international elite rowing, there are still three years to go.

First, there is this year. As we’ll document and dissect in the next issue of the magazine, the

World Rowing will launch a two-event Beach Sprint series for 2027 and 2028, holding events for the new Olympic discipline in Turkey and China.

The series will open March 26–28, 2027, in Antalya, Turkey, before movin...