Record number of nations competing at the 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals

The 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals will be taking place in Antalya, Türkiye, from 6 to 9 November 2025. The event, set to make its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, will see fifty-five nations participating, a record number (compared to 51 in 2024) and 342 athletes competing in ten Championships boat classes, the most ever offered at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals.

Host nation Türkiye, alongside Egypt, Great Britain, and the United States, are coming with entries in all 10 boat classes. With the discipline now being Olympic, the competition has attracted nations that will compete in their first-ever Beach Sprint Finals : Iraq, Thailand, Paraguay, American Samoa, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, El Salvador, Georgia, Kuwait, and Mexico.

The men’s solo has attracted 40 entries and sees some well-known names on the international scene, such as Joel Naukkarinen of Finland, Finlay Hamill of New Zealand, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion Spencer Turrin of Australia or recent European Beach Sprint Champion, James Cox of Great Britain. They will all try to dethrone Chris Bak of the United States of America, the reigning World Rowing Beach Sprint Champion, looking to defend his title.

The women’s solo has 33 entries as all eyes will be on the rematch between Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold and bronze medallists, Emma Twigg (NZL) and Magdalena Lobnig (AUT), the reigning World Rowing Beach Sprint Champion from Genoa, who comes in fresh off a European title earlier this month. Watch out too for Christine Cavallo (USA), Laura Mackenzie (GBR), and the Beach Sprint debuts of Olympians Martyna Radosz (POL) and Anna Prakaten (UZB).

The mixed double sculls also has 33 entries and the reigning World Beach Sprint Champions of Lithuania are back to defend their title. Competition will be fierce, with the Asia, Americas, and European Champions all competing, plus multi-gold medallist Adrian Miramon Quiroga of Spain, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Federica Cesarini of Italy looking to add a title to their resume. The mixed quadruple sculls will also have some top names to watch, including recent World Rowing Champions Giacomo Gentili and Andrea Panizza of Italy, making their World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals debuts.

For the first time, the Inclusion Mixed Double Sculls (INMix2x) will be featured as a Championships event, after being included in 2023 and 2024 as a demonstration event (previously called PR3 CMix2x). An inclusion double consists of one able bodied rower and one para rower with a valid national or international classification. Six crews will compete in this new championship event.

There will be record entries in the under 19 men and women’s solo, and the under 19 mixed double sculls, with some of the first-time competitors having their eyes on a potential participation to the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, next year.

For a full list of entries, click here.​

About Beach Sprint Rowing: 

Beach Sprints developed from the emergence of beach games competitions and the desire for an exciting short, fast Coastal Rowing discipline. It first appeared in 2015 at the Mediterranean Beach Games in Italy. The World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals were first raced in 2019 in Shenzhen, China. The 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals will take place in Qingdao, China and for the first time, Beach Sprint will be featured at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.

About the venue:

The competition will take place on Sorgun Çamiçi Public Beach, Manavgat, a picturesque destination in Türkiye’s Antalya Province, nestled between lush pine forests and the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The beach, known for its fine sand and clean water, is a popular destination for locals and tourists looking for a more relaxed and natural beach. The beach is located only 5 kilometers from the town centre of Manavgat, a lively town with bustling markets where visitors can shop for local produce, handmade crafts and traditional Turkish goods.