Media Advisory 2019 World Rowing Cup III, Rotterdam media information

Lausanne, 5 July 2019

The World Rowing Federation, FISA, welcomes media to 2019 World Rowing Cup III in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

This is the third and final World Rowing Cup of the 2019 season and it takes place 12-14 July 2019. There are entries from 42 nations with over 700 athletes taking part. This regatta also includes para-rowing boat classes and the Holland Beker regatta.

World Rowing supplies information to media with the media guide available here. This guide includes a Who to Watch for all boat classes, media information, a review of the 2019 season so far, many useful statistics from all major regattas and the current World Best Times and World Cup Best Times.

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

·         Entries and results

·         Race reports

·         Live race tracker for all races

·         Audio commentary 

·         Photos

·         Live blog

·         Medals table

Live video coverage will be available on the World Rowing website for Saturday 13 July semifinals and A-finals and all A-finals on Sunday 14 June.  

The racing draw for the heats will take place at 15:00 CET on Thursday 11 July and will be live streamed on World Rowing’s Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/WorldRowing

A selection of photos will be available for free through: https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldrowingofficial

World Rowing also posts information on its social media channels. The official hashtag for the event is #WRCRotterdam or #Rotterdam2019. The official Twitter account of World Rowing is @WorldRowing. Instagram is @WorldRowingOfficial and Facebook is WorldRowing.

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 queries:  media@fisa.org

2019 World Rowing Cup series:
World Rowing Cup I     10-12 May, Plovdiv, Bulgaria  
World Rowing Cup II   21-23 June, Poznan, Poland
World Rowing Cup III   12-14 July, Rotterdam, Netherlands