Category: News

Happy New Year

Nordic Rowing Federation wish all followers and rowing members in the Nordic countries happy New Year and look forward to a new exciting year to come with a lot of rowing news from Nordic Rowing we can share with you.

Swede new Commission Head

FRIDA SVENSSON RE-ELECTED AS CHAIR OF WORLD ROWING ATHLETES’ COMMISSION

‘Following the elections and appointment of the member of the Athletes’ Commission, the outgoing and new members met for the first time during the 2022 World Rowing Joint Commissions Meeting in London last month, and voted for the position of Athletes’ Commission Chair.  In accordance with the Athletes’ Commission regulations & Election Procedure, Appendix S5 of the World Rowing Statutes, the World Rowing Council ratified the Commission’s proposal last Friday, and Frida Svensson from Sweden has been appointed as Chair of the Athletes’ Commission.

Frida Svensson will serve as Chair for a four-year term until 31 December 2026 and sit in the World Rowing Executive Committee and Council with full voting rights.’

Tampere Finland – June 18-19

Remember to sign up for the Tampere International Regatta and the Open Nordic Rowing Championship which will take place in Tampere, Finland June 18-19, 2022. The Open Nordic Rowing Championship is open both for Junior and Senior rowers.

Find all information about the regatta on the Organizers website: https://www.takonsoutajat.fi/2022_onrc_tir

Now also to be found on World Rowing: https://worldrowing.com/event/2022-open-nordic-rowing-championships-and-61st-tampere-international-regatta

Click this URL to learn more about Tampere: https://new.visitfinland.com/en/articles/tampere-sauna-capital-of-the-world/

Statement

Nordic Rowing Federation express our full solidarity with the Ukrainian people and along with World Rowing and all of the Nordic Rowing member federations, Denmark, Finland, Faroe Island, Norway and Sweden we strongly condemn the tragic situation with the Russian and Belarus military invasion of Ukraine.

Accordingly, Nordic Rowing Federation confirms that participation of Russian and Belarus rowers and rowing teams with immediate effect will not be allowed participation in any event scheduled by the Nordic Rowing Federation.

President                                           Secretary General

Torben Thyrén                                 Leif Egholm        

Invitation – Open Nordic Championships

Nordic Rowing Federation together with Finnish Canoeing and Rowing Federation are inviting all rowers to participate in the combined Tampere International Regatta and the Open Nordic Rowing Championships which will take place on June 18-19, 2022 in Tampere in Finland.

Please read everything about the regatta in the attached invitation. If you have questions the Finnish organizers are ready to help you out. You can find all information about the regatta in the invitation via this link: https://nordicrowing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PUBLISHED-Invitational_letter_Open_Nordicc_Rowing_Championcips_2022.pdf

The combined Tampere International Regatta and the Open Nordic Rowing Championship will be the biggest international regatta in the Nordic countries in 2022 so join us and the organizers in making this a successful regatta.

See you all in Tampere, Finland.

Coastal rowing in – Lightweight boats out?

At the FISA 2020 Extraordinary Congress it was decided to forward a new Olympic event programme proposal for the IOC Executive Board for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

On 10 June 2020 the IOC Executive Board (EB) agreed to maintain the previously set deadline of December 2020 to confirm the event programme and athlete quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The programme proposal has been adopted to comply with the IOC EB decision that underlined the decision should be based on the following previously established key principles:

•Reducing the overall athlete quota (including for all new sports) to 10,500;

•Achieving gender equal participation across the Olympic Games at event and discipline level where possible;

• Prioritising new events that accommodate athletes within the sport’s existing quota allocation; and

• Using existing venue for any proposed new events

The Council has taken careful note of the position of the IOC on separate weight categories for sports that do not involve combat or weightlifting. The Council believes that CoastalRowing adds value for the sport -increases diversity, expands the number of countries that can participate, adds value to the Games-Youth Appeal and innovative TV programming as well as meets and will surpass all the criteria sought by the IOC EB. Therefore, the Council proposes that the Olympic rowing programme for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games should consist of the following classes:

MenWomenMixed Gender
Single ScullsSingle ScullsCoastal Rowing Double Sculls
Double ScullsDouble ScullsCoastal Rowing Solo
Quadruple ScullsQuadruple ScullsCoastal Rowing Solo
PairPair
FourFour
EightEight

This means that Lightweight boats will disappear from the Olympic event programme and Coastal boat will be introduced.

Continental qualification events and finals schedule announced for rowing’s indoor championships

The 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH), presented by Concept2, is to be held virtually and will include a Qualification Tournament starting on 28 November 2020 and concluding on 7 February 2021.

The European Continental Qualifier for the WRICH will take place on 5-6 December 2020, and will be hosted by British Rowing. This Continental Qualifier will be held as a part of BRIC Online (this year’s edition of the British Rowing Indoor Championships), which will also act at the 2021 European Rowing Indoor Championships. For more information on this event, and to register once entries have opened, please visit www.britishrowing.org/BRIConline.

RACE CATEGORIES

The following race categories will be included in the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships.

Lwt = Lightweight


2000m

Open Men
PR3 Women
Masters 40-49 Women
Open Women
Masters 30-39 Men
Masters 50-54 Women
U23 Men
Masters 40-49 Men
Masters 55-59 Women
U23 Women
Masters 50-54 Men
Masters 60-64 Women
Junior/U19 Men
Masters 55-59 Men
Masters 65-69 Women
Junior/U19 Women     Masters 60-64 Men
Masters 70-74 Women
Lwt MenMasters 65-69 Men
Masters 75-79 Women
Lwt Women
Masters 70-74 Men
Masters 80-84 Women
U23 Lwt Men
Masters 75-79 Men
Masters 85-89 Women
U23 Lwt Women   
Masters 80-84 Men
Masters 90-94 Women
PR1 Men
Masters 85-89 Men
Masters 95-99 Women
PR1 Women
Masters 90-94 Men
Masters 100+ Women
PR2 Men
Masters 95-99 Men
PR3-II Men
PR2 Women
Masters 100+ Men
PR3-II Women
PR3 Men
Masters 30-39 Women
 
Masters 30-39 Lwt Men    
Masters 85-89 Lwt Men     
Masters 65-69 Lwt Women
Masters 40-49 Lwt Men    
Masters 90-94 Lwt Men     
Masters 70-74 Lwt Women
Masters 50-54 Lwt Men     
Masters 95-99 Lwt Men     
Masters 75-79 Lwt Women
Masters 55-59 Lwt Men     
Masters 100+ Lwt Men      
Masters 80-84 Lwt Women
Masters 60-64 Lwt Men     
Masters 30-39 Lwt Women      Masters 85-89 Lwt Women
Masters 65-69 Lwt Men     
Masters 40-49 Lwt Women     
Masters 90-94 Lwt Women
Masters 70-74 Lwt Men     
Masters 50-54 Lwt Women       
Masters 95-99 Lwt Women
Masters 75-79 Lwt Men     
Masters 55-59 Lwt Women      
Masters 100+ Lwt Women
Masters 80-84 Lwt Men     
Masters 60-64 Lwt Women      
 

500m

Open Men
PR2 Women
Masters 55-59 Women
Open Women
PR3 Men
Masters 60+ Women
U23 Men
PR3 Women
Masters 30-39 Lwt Men
U23 Women
PR3-II Men
Masters 40-49 Lwt Men
Junior/U19 Men
PR3-II Women
Masters 50-54 Lwt Men
Junior/U19 Women       
Masters 30-39 Men
Masters 55-59 Lwt Men
Lwt Men
Masters 40-49 Men
Masters 60+ Lwt Men
Lwt Women
Masters 50-54 Men
Masters 30-39 Lwt Women
U23 Lwt Men
Masters 55-59 Men
Masters 40-49 Lwt Women
U23 Lwt Women
Masters 60+ Men
Masters 50-54 Lwt Women
PR1 Men
Masters 30-39 Women
Masters 55-59 Lwt Women
PR1 Women
Masters 40-49 Women      
Masters 60+ Lwt Women
PR2 Men
Masters 50-54 Women       
 

Other

Team Test – Men
Team Test – Women
Team Test – Mixed (2 Women, 2 Men)
1hr – Men
1hr – Women

Nordic rowers excel at EC in Poznan

Rowing crews from Finland, Norway and Denmark participated with success in the European Rowing Championship at Lake Malta in Poznan in Poland.

In M1x Sverri Nielsen from Denmark was first rower to pass the finish line and won the gold medal to claim the EC title in front of Poland in second position. Kjetil Borch from Norway finished third and claimed the Bronze medal with a margin of 0.02 sec before the reigning world champion Oliver Zeidler from Germany.

In LM1x Kristoffer Brun from Norway won the gold medal and in LW1x Maia Lund from Norway came at 4th position in the A-final.

Denmark finished the EC regatta with three 4th positions in the A-finals all in women’s races. In W1x Women’s Single , W2- Women’s Pair and W4- Women’s Four.

The danish M2- Men’s Pair came 6th in the A-final.