Media Advisory: 2018 World Rowing Cup I, Belgrade (SRB) media information

Lausanne, 25 May 2018

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, wishes to advise international media about the information available for the 2018 World Rowing Cup I in Belgrade, Serbia.

This is the first World Rowing Cup of the 2018 season in the series of three and it will take place from 1-3 June 2018. 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. These begin at 10:35 CET on Sunday 3 June and the last final starts at 13:48. There will also be para-rowing races with finals taking place from 16:15 on Saturday 2 June.

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 2018:
World Rowing Cup I     1-3 June   Belgrade, SRB   
World Rowing Cup II   21-24 June Linz-Ottensheim, AUT
World Rowing Cup III   13-15 July  Lucerne, SUI