May 2008
10th May - Final Paralympians decided
The Final Qualification Regatta for the rowing events at
the 2008 Paralympic Games finished this morning and 12 crews
qualified for the Games
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April 2008
4th Apl - High stakes for first Rowing World Cup of 2008
Record entries for the first Rowing World Cup in Munich (GER)
mean that 54 countries will take part in this first World
Rowing event of the Olympic season.
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4th Apl - FISA Satisfied with Russian Rowing Federation
Actions
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, today released
its final decision in response to the Russian Rowing Federation's
new elections held last week-end.
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February 2008
14th Feb - intervention of the Russian NOC and Rossport
The Executive Committee of the International Rowing Federation
(FISA) today officially responded to Tuesday’s letter
received from Vyatcheslav Fetisov, Head of the Federal Agency
on Physical Education and Sport (Rossport) and Leonid Tyagachev,
President of the Russian Olympic Committee.
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8th Feb - FISA,s Executive Committee Calls for Fresh Elections
of the Russian Rowing Federation
The FISA Executive Committee is assessing the latest situation
with the Russian Rowing Federation in which nine anti-doping
code violations have taken place in a twelve-month period
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6th Feb - FISA bans the final two rowers in the Lucerne
infusion material case
The International Rowing Federation (FISA) has banned Anastasia
Fatina and Anastasia Karabelshchikova, both members of the
2007 Russian women’s eight, for two years with a start
date retroactive to 27 August 2007.
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January 2008
29th Jan - FISA Fines and Bans Officials of the Russian
Rowing Federation for One Year
On 26 January 2008, FISA’s Executive Committee convened
a hearing to consider the status of the Russian Rowing Federation
after seven of their rowers had been banned from the sport
for having committed anti-doping rule violations during a
twelve month period.
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17th Jan - International Rowing Federation announces further
Russian anti-doping code violations
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, today announced
that a further three Russian rowers have been suspended because
of anti-doping code violations which took place in July 2007.
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November 2007
10th Nov - World Rowing honours eight top rowing personalities
FISA, the International Rowing Federation will today award
the 2007 World Rowing Awards in the four awards categories
Coach of the Year, Female Crew of the Year, Male Crew of the
Year and Distinguished Services to Rowing.
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September 2007
26th Sep - European Rowing holds General Assembly
Following a satisfactory first edition of the European Rowing
Championships in Poznan, Poland this week-end, where 31 nations
took part, delegates from the Rowing Federations of European
nations gathered this week-end to hold their first General
Assembly
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14th Sep - 2008 Final Olympic Qualification Regatta to be
held in Poznan (POL) instead of Lucerne (SUI)
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, today announced
that next year’s final Olympic qualification regatta
and Final Rowing World Cup regatta has been moved to take
place in Poznan, Poland
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12th Sep - 33 countries to take part in First European Rowing
Championships since 1973
The first edition of the newly reinstated European Rowing
Championships will attract 33 nations according to entries
which were submitted to the International Rowing Federation
up until Monday’s deadline
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2nd Sep - Great Britain tops the medals and wins the Team
trophy, 129 Olympic qualification spots toughly earned
Thousands of people lined the Munich regatta course today
for the last day of finals of the 2007 World Rowing Championships.
The atmosphere in the tribune was wild as the eleven remaining
gold medals were handed out today
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1st Sep - Finals Day 1: New Zealand ahead in the medals
and 111 crews already qualified for 2008 Olympics
Three gold medals and two silver today puts New Zealand at
the top of the medals table after 16 events, including four
adaptive boat classes, raced their finals in Munich today.
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August 2007
30th Aug - Press Briefing with further information on Russian
rowing case
In a press briefing by FISA President Denis Oswald and FISA
Executive Director Matt Smith, the International Rowing Federation
today revealed the sequence of events which led to the exclusion
of the three Russian athletes
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29th Aug - Three Russian rowers banned from 2007 World Rowing
Championships
A FISA Doping Hearing Panel decided yesterday that the following
rowers had committed violations of the Anti-Doping provisions
of the FISA Rules of Racing:
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15th Aug - Record Entry at 2007 World Rowing Championships
The International Rowing Federation (FISA) has received entries
from a record 68 nations for this year’s World Rowing
Championships which will take place at the famous 1972 Olympic
Regatta Course in Oberschleissheim, near Munich, Germany
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1st Aug - Countdown to Beijing
Exactly one year before the start of the 2008 Olympic Games,
Beijing is gearing up for its first official test event in
the form of the 2007 World Rowing Junior Championships.
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July 2007
20th Jul - FISA Council releases decision on 2011 World
Rowing Championships bids
FISA, the International Rowing Federation today issued the
FISA Council decision on the bids for the 2011 World Rowing
Championships.
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18th Jul - Another high turnout for the 2007 World Rowing
Under 23 Championships
A total of 52 nations, represented by 749 young competitors,
will compete at the 2007 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
to be held in Strathclyde, Scotland from 26 to 29 July.
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15th Jul - Dutch four finally crack gold at the Rowing World
Cup
Racing at the third and final Rowing World Cup for 2007 concluded
with an afternoon of finals races in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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15th Jul - Mike McKay earns highest distinction in Rowing
The 2007 Thomas Keller Medal for an "outstanding career
in rowing" was awarded today to Mike McKay from Australia.
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5th Jul - Tenth Rowing World Cup season ends next week-end
in Lucerne, Switzerland
The third and final stage of this year’s Rowing World
Cup takes place next week-end, 13 to 15 July 2007, at the
Swiss rowing Mecca, the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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June 2007
24th Jun - China Dominates Rowing World Cup II
The 42-year-old Jueri Jaanson of Estonia wins gold in the
men’s double. The experienced duo of Georgina and Caroline
Evers-Swindell fall to a beautiful Chinese sculling performance
in the women’s double. A double-header for China in
the lightweight women’s double and Katherine Grainger
of Great Britain learns what it’s like to be second.
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13th Jun - World Rowing joins with the Holland Beker Regatta
More than 750 rowers from 43 countries will gather on the
Bosbaan regatta course to compete in 20 events, including
one international adaptive rowing event.
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3rd Jun - Rowing World Cup
Great Britain’s Baz Moffat, "We really came together
but we were not surprised by the placing. We only focused
on the race."
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2nd Jun - Athens Olympic Rowing Course Back in the International
Spotlight
The 2008 European Rowing Championships were awarded yesterday
evening to the Greek Rowing Federation and will be staged
at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing centre in Marathon,
Greece.
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1st Jun - New Sponsor for World Rowing
FISA, the International Rowing Federation, is pleased to
announce today a new partnership with Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods
OJSC, Russia’s leading manufacturer of fruit juice and
dairy products.
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May 2007
23rd May - 10th anniversary of the 2007 Rowing World Cup
Rowers from 46 nations will be competing in the first leg
of the 2007 Rowing World Cup to be held in Linz/Ottensheim,
Austria from 1 to 3 June
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March 2007
12th Mar - Finalists for the highest honour in rowing selected
The Thomas Keller medal nominations list for 2007 has been
narrowed down to five finalists.
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January 2007
29th Jan - Russia's 2006 World Rowing Championship Women's
Quad gold medals to be returned
The International Rowing Federation (FISA) today announced
that rower Olga Samulenkova of Russia has tested positive
for an exogenous source of metabolites of testosterone and
has been banned from competition
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August 2006
28th Aug - Lake Karapiro, New Zealand to host 2010 World
Rowing Championships
The 2010 World Rowing Championships have been attributed
to Lake Karapiro, New Zealand. This vote was a ratification
of the FISA Council's recommendation.
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28th Aug - Poznan, Poland to host 2007 European Rowing Championships
The Malta Regatta course in Poznan, Poland has been selected
to host the 2007 European Rowing Championships on the weekend
of 22-23 September 2007
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27th Aug - Raise your glass to the new world champions
Crews confronted the strong tail wind conditions in a variety
of ways for the remaining finals at the 2006 World Rowing
Championships in Eton, Great Britain
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26th Aug - Heartache, triumph and new World Best times at
the World Rowing Championships
Serbia take their first ever rowing medal as a new nation.
World and Olympic Champions, the Evers-Swindell sisters of
New Zealand find themselves in the unusual bronze position.
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25th Aug - Finalists narrowed down at World Champs
Flat water and calm conditions must have brought smiles to
the faces of many athletes at the 2006 World Rowing Championships
in Eton, Great Britain.
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24th Aug - Crabs and a dead heat at the World Rowing Champs
Strong tail wind conditions and choppy water caused some
of the best to falter at the 2006 World Rowing Championships
in Eton, Great Britain
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23rd Aug - Repechages cut short at World Rowing Championships
Of the 29 races scheduled, 17 were completed before the International
Rowing Federation (FISA) Fairness Commission decided that
developing cross-winds could make the conditions, across the
six lane course, unfair for the competitors.
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22nd Aug - Campbell grabs second chance at the World Rowing
Champs
Great Britain’s single sculling star Alan Campbell
showed that he was back at full health by winning his repechage
and New Zealand’s reigning world champions in the women’s
pair, Coles and Haigh look to be back on form with their advancement.
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21st Aug - New best time set by China at Rowing World Champs
Tail wind conditions, bumpy water and a mixture of rain and
sun was the weather formula for the second day of heats racing
at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, Great Britain.
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20th Aug - World Rowing Championships get under
way
20 August, 2006, Eton, Great Britain, The home of rowing
for the 2012 Olympic Games got a test run as the 2006 World
Rowing Championships began at Dorney Lake, just outside of
London.
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9th Aug - Record entries for the 2006 World Rowing Championships
- Eton
The 2006 international rowing season reaches it's peak next
week when all eyes turn to the 2006 World Rowing Championships
in Eton, Great Britain from 20 to 27 August.
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