๐Ÿ”œ 2026 World Rowing Virtual Indoor Championships, presented by Concept 2

Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined April 2009
Four days of racing. Two days to make it happen. ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿšฃ Powerful ocean waves forced a revised schedule at the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Qingdao, but expert local coordination, steady leadership, and strong buy-in from athletes and teams delivered a memorable finish. China led the way with four golds on a packed final day, while Spain, Australia, and Germany also had solid days on the Golden Sands beach. #WorldRowing #BeachSprint #Rowing #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork
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Today is the final day in Qingdao. ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ”ฅ Due to the weather forecast for Wednesday, all remaining racing has been brought forward. Every 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint title will be decided today. ๐Ÿฅ‡ Whoโ€™s ready ? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ“บ Watch all the action live on worldrowing.com. Times are subject to change depending on conditions and the racing schedule โ€” check worldrowing.com for the latest updates. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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๐ŸŒŠ Day 1 in Qingdao! Challenging waves & capsizes tested the field at the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Wolff & ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Scammell topped the solos, while ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Bu & Zhu dominated U19. Knockouts start tomorrow, with World titles on the line! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ‡ #WorldRowing #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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Quite a show in Qingdao this morning ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow the action on worldrowing.com. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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Racing is underway in Qingdao! ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ”ฅ Plenty of action already in the Menโ€™s Solo and U19 doubles as the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals get going. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow the action on worldrowing.com. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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Tomorrowโ€™s racing schedule in Qingdao ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ”ฅ After todayโ€™s racing was cancelled due to the weather conditions, the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals are set to get underway tomorrow. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow the action on worldrowing.com and across World Rowing social channels. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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๐Ÿšจ Official communication: Racing today cancelled Due to the continued adverse weather conditions at the venue, which do not yet allow the safe completion of the race tracks or the safe conduct of racing, all races scheduled for today have been cancelled. We thank all teams for their patience, understanding and cooperation during these challenging circumstances. More information will follow.
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This is Olympic. This is Beach Sprint Rowing. ๐ŸŒŠ Fast, explosive and unpredictable, the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals begin tomorrow in Qingdao, China. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow the action from 18โ€“21 October on worldrowing.com with LIVE streaming ๐Ÿ“บ available for the final two days. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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Race week (and weekend) is here. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒŠ The 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals are about to get underway in Qingdao ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Four days of Beach Sprint action from 18โ€“21 October. Whoโ€™s ready? ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow the action on worldrowing.com and across World Rowing social channels, with live streaming available for the final two days. #WRBSFQingdao #WorldRowingBeachSprints
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๐Ÿšจ Joint Statement on the Proposed Brisbane 2032 Olympic Flatwater Venue Course
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Racing is underway in Plovdiv. ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿ”ฅ The 2026 World Rowing Under 19 Championships are officially up and running. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Follow all the action with our live tracker on worldrowing.com/event/2026-wโ€ฆ #WRU19CHPlovdiv #WorldRowingU19Champs
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๐Ÿ“Š The final medal standings from the 2026 European Rowing Championships in Varese ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด topped the table with 6 gold medals, while Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช finished with the most medals overall on 12. Great Britain ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง also claimed 6 medals across the championships. The home nation Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น finished with 9 medals in total, including 2 golds. ๐Ÿ‘ Who impressed you most this weekend? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘‡ #ERCHVarese #EuropeanRowingChamps
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๐Ÿšจ Official Change in Racing Programme ๐Ÿšจ #ERCHVarese #EuropeanRowingChamps
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๐ŸšจOfficial Communication Update ๐Ÿšจ Adverse Weather Conditions - Change in racing programme Due to adverse weather condition, the European Rowing Board has decided to change the racing programme. The following has been decided: - Finals B of W1x, M1x, PR1 M1x and LM1x are rescheduled and will start at 12:05 hours. 12:05 W1x 12:10 M1x 12:15 PR1 M1x 12:25 LM1x - Finals A will start at 12:35 hours and will be held at 10 minutes intervals. The race interval between the PR1 W1x and M8+ will be 15 minutes. - The order of the Finals A has changed. The new order is: 12:35 PR1 M1x 12:45 PR1 W1x 13:00 M8+ 13:10 W8+ 13:20 LW1x 13:30 LM1x 13:40 W1x 13:50 M1x 14:00 PR3 Mix2x 14:10 Mix2x 14:20 Mix8+ European Rowing will continue to monitor the weather forecast conditions, and may make further changes to the programme should the conditions require. European Rowing Board
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๐Ÿšจ Official Statement โš ๏ธ Racing suspended in Varese due to severe weather conditions and the risk of lightning and thunderstorms. Further updates on the racing programme will be shared as soon as available.
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Final day incoming! ๐Ÿ‘Š The last European titles will be won tomorrow. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ“บ Watch LIVE from 11 AM (UTC+2) on worldrowing.com. #ERCHVarese #EuropeanRowingChamps
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