A record number of 50 nations and 900 athletes have announced their entry for the Final stage of the 2010 Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland, which shall take place from 9 to 11 July on the famous Rotsee, the Swiss Mecca of rowing. It is only the second time since the beginning of the Rowing World Cup that more than 50 countries have entered, and an absolute record for Lucerne.
row2k will be on site covering the event.
After the first two stages of the Rowing World Cup in Bled, Slovenia, and Munich, Germany, Great Britain still dominates with an 82 point lead as they go into the final stage of this year's Rowing World Cup. As the Rowing World Cup season closes in, it will be hard for anyone but Great Britain to win the 2010 series.
World Rowing's four flagship events, the women and men's single sculls and women and men's eight, also described as the "Blue Riband" events, shall be raced consecutively at the end of the racing programme. This provides a concise, all inclusive one-hour programme of the best known boat classes that can be easily broadcast and promoted.
Entries and race schedules are available at the following links from today: http://www.worldrowing.com/index.php?pageid=151
A full Rowing World Cup event by event preview will be available on www.worldrowing.com from Wednesday 7 July.
The event finals will be video streamed live on Sunday 11 July and can be accessed through the www.worldrowing.com website.
The Rowing World Cup series was launched in 1997, and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. The overall Rowing World Cup winners are determined after a series of three regattas. Germany has dominated the series since its beginning ten years ago, with Great Britain upsetting the usual trend by finishing 68 points ahead of Germany in 2009. This year, the three stages of the series are held in Bled, Slovenia (27-30 May), Munich, Germany (18-20 June); and the final in Lucerne, Switzerland (9-11 July).