How to Follow the 2025 World Rowing Championships

This year the 2025 World Rowing Championships will be taking place in Shanghai, China from 21 to 28 September, 2025.

The event has attracted over 700 athletes from 56 nations, who will compete over eight days of racing in 23 boat classes.

The first races will start on Sunday, 21 September at 10:05 UTC+8. The medal races start on Thursday, 25 September at 14:05 local time.

Here is how to follow the event on mobile, tablet, or desktop:

Outside of China:

1. The provisional time table for the events can be found here, and entries for all the races are available here.
2. Live race tracker will be available for ALL races on www.worldrowing.com.
3. LIVE video streaming will be available on the World Rowing website for all Heats, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, B and A Finals. The video streaming will start 5 minutes before the first race. The C, D, E and F Finals will only be available on worldrowing.com after the completion of each racing session. The following broadcasters will also be showing the 2025 World Rowing Championships (
   Please check programming schedule of your preferred broadcaster for more information. *Status as of 19 September 2025):
   • Olympic Channel
   • Fox Sports (Australia)
   • Kayo Sports (Australia)
   • CBC (Canada)
   • Chilean Olympic Committee (Chile)
   • CCTV (China)
   • Shanghai TV (China)
   • Sport LIVE (Denmark)
   • ZDF (Germany)
   • EPT2/ERT2 (Greece)
   • EPT1/ERT1 (Greece)
   • RTE (Ireland)
   • RAI/RAI Sports (Italy)
   • NOS/ NPO 1 Extra (The Netherlands)
   • Sky Sports (New Zealand)
   • TVP/TVP Sport (Poland)
   • TVR/TVR Sport (Romania)
   • MATCH.TV (Russia)
   • TVE/TELEDEPORTE (Spain)
   • SRF/RTS/RSI (Switzerland)
   • UA:PBC/ Suspilne Sport (Ukraine)
   • beIN Sports (United States/Canada)
   • Unbeaten (United States)
   • Overnght (United States)
4. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok for behind the scenes interviews, live updates, racing updates, photos and more.

Within China:

1. The provisional time table for the events can be found here, and entries for all the races are available here.
2. Live race tracker will be available for ALL races on www.worldrowing.com.
3. LIVE video streaming will be available on CCTV and Shanghai TV for for all Heats, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, B and A Finals.

And available on WorldRowing.com:

• Live blog
• Startlists
• Schedule
• Results
• News
• Photos
• Quotes from athletes
• & more!

Join the conversation!

Use the hashtags #WorldRowingChamps #WRCHShanghai and tag us @WorldRowing on X and @worldrowingofficial on Instagram.

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