07 Dec 2011
Press Release - 2005 BearingPoint Rowing World Cup Final - Lucerne, Switzerland
Press Release – Lausanne, 29 June 2005
2005 BearingPoint Rowing World Cup Final – Lucerne, Switzerland ? 8 ? 10 July 2005
More than 700 athletes (492 men and 248 women) have entered the final stage of the 2005 BearingPoint Rowing World Cup series which will be held from 8 to 10 July on the Rotsee Lake in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Coming from 42 countries, the 280 crews will take part in all 14 World Cup events, as well as eight International events.
The highest number of crews has been entered in the men’s single sculls, where 26 athletes will take on the crème de la crème of current single sculling: Germany’s Marcel Hacker and Olaf Tufte from Norway. But Germany is testing out a new sculler this time around: Steffen Petz.
Germany and Great Britain again share the highest entry rate in Lucerne. With 25 crews in 17 boat classes, it is likely that Germany will earn the necessary points to win the overall cup. Germany is currently leading the points table with 98 points, but with 20 crews entered in 18 of the 22 events, Great Britain could catch up their 21 point deficit.
With the World Rowing Championships taking place in Gifu, Japan in August and the new Olympic quadrennium leading up to Beijing, the final BearingPoint Rowing World Cup is showing a noticeably high turnout of Asian crews (26), from Hong Kong China, Korea, China and, of course, Japan. The Asian influence will be felt particularly in the women’s eight, where 18 young Chinese rowers will take on a strong field. China won gold earlier this season in Eton, but they will now face a strong Dutch contingent which includes six Athens bronze medallists.
The women’s single will again go ahead without Bulgaria’s Rumyana Neykova who is going for hat trick in the double with her partner Miglena Markova. However, with the Evers-Swindell twins back in the double after a solo stint in Munich, will the Bulgarians miss out on gold medal number three? Whatever happens, Bulgaria still heads the points chart in the double, but this will probably not be enough to justify giving up the fight just yet.
To finish off the series of charity races which have been organised throughout the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup season, Lucerne has brought together 24 of the great rowing legends who will race in two specially-made 12 person boats to raise awareness for the ?Right to Play? foundation whose aim is to improve living conditions for children in the developing world by introducing sport and games to their everyday life. Visit www.righttoplay.com.
The BearingPoint Rowing World Cup is a series of three regattas. Points are awarded to the 7 first placing boats in the 14 World Cup events. A yellow bib is worn by the leader in each event. The overall winner of the BearingPoint Rowing World Cup is determined after the final regatta in Lucerne.
Visit the official World Rowing and BearingPoint Rowing World Cup 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, interviews, press releases, start lists and full results.
Live transmission of the finals can be watched from outside of Europe through the www.worldrowing.com website. Within Europe various terrestrial channels such as BBC, ZDF and SFDRS will show the regatta ? see your local TV listings for more information. Eurosport will show delayed coverage on Monday 11 July at 15:30 ? 17:30 hrs CET.
Please find attached:
– Entries by Event
– Number of entries by NOC
You can also download the Lucerne media guide from the Media downloads page on www.worldrowing.com
For more information contact Marion Gallimore at FISA
Tel: +41.21.612.02.26 E-mail: marion.gallimore@fisa.org
About BearingPoint
BearingPoint, Inc., (NYSE:BE), one of the world’s largest business consulting and systems integration firms, is sponsoring the International Rowing Federation’s (FISA’s) rowing season for the third year. As one of the world’s largest consulting companies, BearingPoint provides business consulting, system integration and managed services to Global 2000 companies, for medium-sized firms as well as for government agencies and other organizations. BearingPoint ? the name is the mission: by aligning their clients’ business processes and information systems, BearingPoint helps its customers access the right information at the right time, empowering them to create enterprise value. Based in McLean, Va., BearingPoint has been named by Fortune as one of America’s Most Admired Companies in the computer and data services sector. The corporation employs approximately 16,000 individuals operating in 52 countries. BearingPoint Germany leads the global company’s commitment to the sport of rowing.
For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.BearingPoint.com.
For more information on BearingPoint GmbH contact Sabine Theis
T: +49 69 13022-1676, F: +49 69 13022-1190, E-mail : sabine.theis@bearingpoint.com