Media Advisory: 2017 World Rowing Cup I, Belgrade (SRB) media information

Lausanne, 28 April 2017

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, wishes to advise international media about the information available for the 2017 World Rowing Cup I in Belgrade, Serbia.

This is the first World Rowing Cup of the 2017 season in the series of three and it will take place from 5-7 May 2017. The media guide is now available here. It includes a Who to Watch for all of the Olympic boat classes, media information, last year’s season review and useful statistics.

The World Rowing website, www.worldrowing.com will be the main channel containing:

·         Entries, results, and related PDFs

·         Race reports

·         Live race tracker

·         Audio commentary 

·         Photos

·         Live blog

Live video coverage will be available on the website for the Olympic boat class A-finals plus the lightweight men’s single sculls and the women’s four. These begin at 11:33 on Sunday 7 May, 2017.

Photos will be available through: https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldrowingofficial

World Rowing also posts information on its social media channels. The official Twitter account of World Rowing is @WorldRowing. The official hashtag for the event is #WRCBelgrade or #WorldCup. World Rowing will provide updates, video, photos and short commentary via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @WorldRowingOfficial. Athletes and fans are encouraged to tweet messages of support using the official hashtag.

The official Facebook page is www.Facebook.com/WorldRowing.

There will also be updates on our You Tube channel: www.youtube.com/WorldRowingFISA

For media accreditation queries:  media@fisa.org

World Rowing Cup series 2017:
World Rowing Cup I     5-7 May   Belgrade, SRB   
World Rowing Cup II   16-18 June   Poznan, POL
World Rowing Cup III   7-9 July  Lucerne, SUI