A total of 690 athletes fro 51 countries are entered in the 2005 World Rowing Junior Championships which will be held from 3 to 5 August in Brandenburg, Germany.
The largest number of entries comes in the mens double scull, where 30 boats will be fighting for the medals. Host country Germany has entered the highest number of boats, with a crew entered in each of the 13 events.
Entries also include those of developing rowing countries such as Armenia, with Makar Sargsyan the single sculler who raced last week-end at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands racing again. Moldova will also be racing, with 13 athletes entered in five boat classes.
To compete in the World Rowing Junior Championships, rowers must be 18 years or under. An athlete can compete as a junior until 31st December of the year in which s/he reaches the age of 18. After that date s/he shall be classified an Under 23 rower.
The event will take place on the Beetzsee regatta course in Brandenburg, approximately 70km outside of Berlin. The course was last used for the Junior World Championships 20 years ago and has since gone through extensive renovations, including a new finish tower, new administrative buildings, boat houses, changing facilities as well as the permanent big video screen.
Visit the official World Rowing website www.worldrowing.com, for a full list of entries, a racing timetable as well as an extensive boat class preview. During racing, this website will provide live scoring, race reports, press releases, start lists and full results.
For more detailed venue information, visit www.jwm2005.org.
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