The reconstruction of rowing in Libya
10/02/2012 - 16:32:00 CET
At the opening ceremony of the Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar (6-23 December 2011), the Libyan team marched into the stadium. There was no rowing at the Games, but leading the team was rower Mohamed Al Rabti. Al Rabti, who lost his arm while fighting in the uprising six months ago, was chosen as a symbol of the revolution.
Brazil extends adaptive rowing prospects
09/02/2012 - 10:51:00 CET
An Adaptive Classification and Coaching Workshop recently took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 32 participants attending the four day workshop.
Stand-out indoor rowing performances continue
07/02/2012 - 12:08:00 CET
It is nearly time for the World Indoor Rowing Championships, the CRASH-Bs, due to be held in Boston, United States on 19 February 2012. And as the CRASH-Bs are approaching a number of indoor rowing competitions have been featured around the world.
Three records broken at Dutch Ergohead
25/01/2012 - 16:04:00 CET
The appeal of 1,000 Euros going to anyone who could break an indoor rowing record helped motivate three competitors at the 15th edition of the Amsterdam World Ergohead to do just that.
Ricardo Ibarra 1950-2011
16/12/2011 - 12:04:00 CET
Ricardo Daniel Ibarra, one of the greatest athletes in the history of Argentinian rowing, passed away on 15 December 2011 at the age of 61.
PRESS RELEASE: FISA and WWF Strategic Alliance
02/12/2011 - 16:04:00 CET
The Clean Water Strategic Alliance between FISA, the International Rowing Federation and WWF, World Wide Fund for Nature, has been formalised with an official contract signing.
The best of social media for November
01/12/2011 - 17:08:00 CET
World Rowing has embraced social media. The pace is fast, the amount of information is vast and the interest is big. We would like to share with you the best of the month of November on our Facebook pages. Enjoy.
PRESS RELEASE: World Rowing announces 2011 supreme award winners
11/11/2011 - 20:13:00 CET
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, is proud to announce the winners of the 2011 World Rowing Awards for each of the five awards categories: Coach of the Year, Female Crew of the Year, Male Crew of the Year, Adaptive Crew of the Year and Distinguished Services to Rowing.
Drysdale matches five-time World Champ record
03/09/2011 - 15:41:00 CET
Today, Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand became a five-time World Champion at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia. Racing in the men’s single sculls, Drysdale match the great Peter-Michael Kolbe to become a five-time World Champion and in the process broke Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic’s winning streak.
Favourites advance in World Champ semifinals
03/09/2011 - 13:14:00 CET
The 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia saw all of the expected boats going through from the semifinal races. In a day of slight cross-tail winds and sunny warm conditions, countries fought it out to be in the top three so that they could advance to Sunday’s finals.
