About the venue

“Brest Regional Rowing Center of Olympic reserve”: The Brest regatta course is one of the training grounds of the two-time Olympic Champion and six-time World Champion single sculler Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch. Karsten was Belarus’ first athlete to win an Olympic medal, making her a national hero. The first competition was organized in 1994. In 1997 the course was reconstructed. It hosted the European World Championships in 2009. The length of the course is 2250m and 150m wide.