Media Advisory: 2017 European Rowing Championships, Racice (CZE) media information

Lausanne, 19 May 2017

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, wishes to advise international media about the information available for the 2017 European Rowing Championships in Racice, the Czech Republic.

This is the eleventh edition of the European Rowing Championships in its current form and it will take place from 26-28 May, 2017. The media guide is now available here.

It includes a Who to Watch for all of the Olympic boat classes, media information and statistics.
The annual ‘Focus’ brochure with an overview of the 2017 year in rowing is available here.

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 World Rowing website for all A-finals. These begin at 10:33 CET on Sunday 28 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 #ERChamps or #Racice2017. World Rowing will provide updates, videos, 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