Representing 41 countries, a total of 750 athletes have been entered for this prestigious event and will be competing in 276 boats.

 

The highest number of boat entries comes from Germany with an impressive team of 96 athletes and entries in each of the 22 events raced this week-end. With such an entry, Germany will have little difficulty securing its tenth Rowing World Cup since it's creation in 1997. They are currently in the lead with 110 points, 19 points ahead of Great Britain, but the Brits only attend the final with 54 athletes, so will not be in the best position to catch up the difference.

 

In addition to the Rowing World Cup programme, the Thomas Keller Medal for an "outstanding career in rowing" will be awarded around 13:00 (CET) on Sunday 9 July to Agostino Abbagnale from Italy, one of the famous three Italian brothers who reigned over rowing throughout the 1980's and 90's. More information here.

 

The Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland begins on Friday 7 July and will go on for three days. The A Finals for the International regatta ("non-World Cup") events will be raced on Saturday evening from 19:00 (CET) to 20:30 hrs, and the fourteen World Cup events will go on Sunday 9 July from 11 to 16:00 hrs. Entries, full reports, live audio streaming, live results and features are available on the recently re-launched www.worldrowing.com. Live streaming will be available, via the world rowing site, for Europe on Eurosport and for the rest of the world, on World Championship Sport Network.

 

The Sunday finals will be shown live on Eurosport 2 from 11:00 to 16:00 on Sunday 9 July.

 

The Rowing World Cup series was launched back in 1997 and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. The overall Rowing World Cup champions are determined after a series of three regattas. This year, these were held in Munich, Germany (25 – 27 May), Poznan, Poland (15 – 17 June) and the final in Lucerne, Switzerland (7 – 9 July).