Media Advisory: 2018 World Rowing Cup II, Lucerne (SUI) media information

Lausanne, 6 July 2018

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, wishes to advise international media about the information available for the 2018 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

This is the third World Rowing Cup of the 2018 season in the series of three and it will take place from 13-15 July 2018. The media guide is now available here. It includes a Who to Watch for the Olympic boat classes, media information, a review of the season so far 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 World Rowing website from 10:05 CET on Sunday 15 July for the finals.

The 2018 Thomas Keller Medal will be presented the evening of Saturday 14 July with the recipients, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond of New Zealand being in attendance. For interview opportunities please contact Anna Williams; anna@rowingnz.kiwi, +64 27 403 9326

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. Instagram is @WorldRowingOfficial and Facebook is WorldRowing. World Rowing will provide updates, video, photos and short commentary via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 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   22-24 June Linz-Ottensheim, AUT
World Rowing Cup III   13-15 July  Lucerne, SUI