Media Advisory: 2017 World Rowing Cup III, Lucerne (SUI) media information

Lausanne, 30 June 2017

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, wishes to advise international media about information available for the 2017 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

This is the third and final World Rowing Cup of the 2017 season and it will take place from 7-9 July 2017. The media guide is now available here. It includes a Who to Watch for all of the Olympic boat classes, a summary of the season so far, useful media information and a variety of statistics including the World Best Times and results from all World Cups this season.

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

The racing draw will take place 6 July at 3pm CET and will be live streamed on World Rowing’s Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/WorldRowing

Live video coverage will be available on the World Rowing website for the Olympic boat class A-finals (also women’s four). These begin at 10:18 CET on Sunday 9 July and the last final starts at 15:03.

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 #WRCLucerne 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.

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