Eight Days to Stage One of the Rowing World Cup

International Rowing For immediate release: Lausanne, 17 May 2006

Eight days to stage one of the Rowing World Cup

Rowers from 46 nations will be competing in the first leg of the 2006 Rowing World Cup to be held in Munich, Germany from 25 to 27 May. A record number of 750 athletes will row in 340 boats at the Munich Olympic Rowing Course. The course was the venue of the 1972 Olympic regatta, and will be host to the 2007 World Rowing Championships in August next year.

The highest number of entries are from the host nation and winner of last year’s Rowing World Cup Overall Trophy, Germany, with 85 athletes entered. Last year’s runners up in the World Cup points race Italy and Great Britain have entered 54 and 49 athletes, respectively.

Worth a mention is the very high entry from China, with 23 crews entered in 13 events. Is this an indication of Chinese rowing getting geared up for racing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

Always faithful to her position in the women’s single scull, World Champion Ekaterina Karsten from Belarus will be defending her status as Rowing World Cup leader once again this year.

In the absence of New Zealand’s 2005 World Champion Mahe Drysdale at this first stage of the World Cup, the men’s single’s field will be a battle between Olympic gold medallist from Norway Olaf Tufte, 2005 World Cup winner in Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic, last weekend’s Duisburg winner Marcel Hacker of Germany and a hefty field of 36 new and old names in this event including a promising race-off between Slovenia’s star rowers and 2005 World Rowing male crew of the year award winners Iztok Cop and Luka Spik.

This first stage of the 2006 Rowing World Cup is a chance for many nations to test out some new combinations in real-time conditions as they get geared up for the rest of the World Cup season and the World Rowing Championships in Eton, Great Britain from 20 to 27 August.

The event will be streamed live across Europe on www.eurosport.com and be available for all non-European viewers on the WCSN website www.wcsn.com. In addition, Eurosport will be broadcasting the A Finals of the event live on its channel on Saturday 27 May live from 10:00 to 11:45 and deferred from 18:30 to 19:00 CET. The event shall be broadcast on several European channels including BBC in the UK – see local TV times for details.

The Rowing World Cup series was launched back in 1997 and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. The overall Rowing World Cup champions are determined after a series of three regattas. This year, these will be held in Munich, Germany (25 – 27 May), Poznan, Poland (15 – 17 June) and the final in Lucerne, Switzerland (7 – 9 July).

Visit the new look official website of the International Rowing Federation and the Rowing World Cup www.worldrowing.com, for a full list of entries, a racing timetable as well as an extensive boat class preview. During racing, this website will provide live scoring, interviews, press releases, start lists and full results.

Media contact FISA: Marion Gallimore Tel: +41.21.617.83.73 or direct +41 21 612 02 26 E- mail: [email protected] Munich, 2006 25th-27th May 2006 ENTRIES BY EVENT

As of TUE 16 MAY 2006

Olympic Events W1x M1x W2- M2- W2x M2x M4- LW2x LM2x LM4- W4x M4x W8+ M8+ [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

22 36 24 28 17 28 19 24 27 21 6 11 7 10 AUS AUT1 AUS1 AUS1 BLR AUS AUS CHN1 ALG AUS AUS AUS AUS AUS BLR AUT2 AUS2 AUS2 CHN1 BEL CRO1 CHN2 AUS BEL CHN1 BLR CHN BLR CHN1 AUT3 AUS3 AUS3 CHN2 BLR CRO2 CHN3 AUT CHN CHN2 BRA GBR CHN CHN2 BEL AUS4 AUS4 CHN3 CHN CZE DEN1 CHI DEN1 GBR CHN GER1 GBR CZE BUL1 BLR1 BRA CZE1 CRO DEN DEN2 CHN DEN2 ROM CZE GER2 GER FRA BUL2 BLR2 CHN CZE2 EST1 GBR ESP1 CZE DEN3 RUS DEN NED ITA GER CRO CHN1 CRO1 FRA EST2 GER1 ESP2 DEN EGY GER ROM NED IRL CYP CHN2 CRO2 GBR EST3 GER2 ESP3 ESP1 GBR ITA POL ITA CZE CHN3 CZE GER1 FRA1 GER3 FIN ESP2 GER POL ROM KOR ESP DEN EGY GER2 FRA2 GRE FRA FRA GRE RUS SUI LAT EST GBR1 ESP1 ITA1 FRA3 IRL1 GBR1 GBR HUN URU NOR FIN1 GBR2 ESP2 ITA2 GBR IRL2 GBR2 GER1 IRL POL FIN2 GER1 ESP3 KOR GER1 ITA1 GER1 GER2 ITA1 RSA FRA1 GER2 GBR NED GER2 ITA2 GER2 GER3 ITA2 RUS1 FRA2 GER3 GER NOR GER3 KOR GRE GRE1 NED RUS2 GBR GER4 GRE POL GRE NED HUN GRE2 POL1 SCG GER ITA1 IRL USA HUN POL IRL HKG POL2 SLO HKG KOR1 ITA1 ITA1 RUS ITA IRL1 RSA SUI HUN KOR2 ITA2 ITA2 SLO NED IRL2 RUS SVK ITA NED NED KOR POL ITA SUI1 SWE KOR ROM POL LTU RUS RUS SUI2 USA LTU1 RUS ROM NOR SWE SLO LTU2 USA1 RSA POL1 USA SUI1 NED1 USA2 SCG POL2 UZB SUI2 NED2 SLO1 RUS SVK NOR SLO2 SUI TUR POL SUI SWE UZB ROM UZB TUR SLO1 SLO2 SLO3 SUI SVK1 SVK2 SWE TUR

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International Events LW1x LM1x LM2- [17] [18] [21]

25 21 14 AUT AUT AUS CHN1 CRO AUT CHN2 CZE1 BRA CHN3 CZE2 DEN CZE ESP1 ESP1 DEN ESP2 ESP2 ESP1 FRA1 GBR ESP2 FRA2 GER1 FIN GBR GER2 FRA1 GER GER3 FRA2 GRE1 GER4 GBR1 GRE2 GER5 GBR2 GRE3 ITA GER GUA RUS GRE HKG HKG1 ITA1 HKG2 ITA2 HUN NED ITA PLE MDA SLO NED TUR NOR POL RUS SUI

NFs Crews Competitors Men 39 132 345 Women 24 76 161 Lightweight Men 31 83 182 Lightweight Women 23 49 68 Total 46 340 752

Legend: W1x Women's Single Sculls M1x Men's Single Sculls W2- Women's Pairs M2- Men's Pairs W2x Women's Double Sculls M2x Men's Double Sculls M4- Men's Four LW2x Lwt. Women's Double Sculls LM2x Lightweight Men's Double Sculls LM4- Lightweight Men's Four W4x Women's Quadruple Sculls M4x Men's Quadruple Sculls W8+ Women's Eight M8+ Men's Eight LW1x Lightweight Women's Single Sculls LM1x Lightweight Men's Single Sculls LM2- Lightweight Men's Pairs

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NF Olympic Events NF Code NF W1x M1x W2- M2- W2x M2x M4- LW2x LM2x LM4- W4x M4x W8+ M8+ Code Total [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] ALG Algeria 1 ALG 1 AUS Australia 1 44 11 111111 AUS 18 AUT Austria 3 1 AUT 7 BEL Belgium 1 1 1 BEL 3 BLR Belarus 1 2 1 1 1 1 BLR 7 BRA Brazil 1 1 BRA 3 BUL Bulgaria 2 BUL 2 CHI Chile 1 CHI 1 CHN Peoples Republic of China 2 3131 3112111 CHN 23 CRO Croatia 1 2 1 2 CRO 7 CYP Cyprus 1 CYP 1 CZE Czech Republic 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 CZE 11 DEN Denmark 1 1 2 1 3 1 DEN 11 EGY Egypt 1 1 EGY 2 ESP Spain 1 3 3 2 ESP 15 EST Estonia 1 3 EST 4 FIN Finland 2 1 FIN 4 FRA France 1 2 1 3 1 1 FRA 13 GBR Great Britain 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 GBR 18 GER Germany 1 1 4 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 GER 32 GRE Greece 1 1 1 1 2 1 GRE 11 GUA Guatemala GUA 1 HKG Hong Kong, China 1 1 HKG 5 HUN Hungary 1 1 1 1 HUN 5 IRL Ireland 1 1 2 1 2 1 IRL 8 ITA Italy 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 ITA 21 KOR Republic of Korea 1 1 2 1 1 1 KOR 7 LAT Latvia 1 LAT 1 LTU Lithuania 2 1 LTU 3 MDA Republic of Moldova MDA 1 NED Netherlands 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NED 12 NOR Norway 1 1 1 1 NOR 5 PLE Palestine PLE 1 POL Poland 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 POL 13 ROM Romania 1 1 1 1 1 1 ROM 6 RSA Republic of South Africa 1 1 1 RSA 3 RUS Russian Federation 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 RUS 12 SCG Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 SCG 2 SLO Slovenia 1 3 2 1 1 SLO 9 SUI Switzerland 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 SUI 10 SVK Slovakia 1 2 1 SVK 4 SWE Sweden 1 1 1 1 SWE 4 TUR Turkey 1 1 1 TUR 4 URU Uruguay 1 URU 1 USA United States of America 1 2 1 1 USA 5 UZB Uzbekistan 1 1 1 UZB 3 46 Total 22 36 24 28 17 28 19 24 27 21 6 11 7 10 46 340

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NF International Events NF NF Total Code LW1x LM1x LM2- Code [17] [18] [21] ALG Algeria ALG 1 AUS Australia 1 AUS 18 AUT Austria 1 1 1 AUT 7 BEL Belgium BEL 3 BLR Belarus BLR 7 BRA Brazil 1 BRA 3 BUL Bulgaria BUL 2 CHI Chile CHI 1 CHN Peoples Republic of China 3 CHN 23 CRO Croatia 1 CRO 7 CYP Cyprus CYP 1 CZE Czech Republic 1 2 CZE 11 DEN Denmark 1 1 DEN 11 EGY Egypt EGY 2 ESP Spain 2 2 2 ESP 15 EST Estonia EST 4 FIN Finland 1 FIN 4 FRA France 2 2 FRA 13 GBR Great Britain 2 1 1 GBR 18 GER Germany 1 1 5 GER 32 GRE Greece 1 3 GRE 11 GUA Guatemala 1 GUA 1 HKG Hong Kong, China 2 1 HKG 5 HUN Hungary 1 HUN 5 IRL Ireland IRL 8 ITA Italy 1 2 1 ITA 21 KOR Republic of Korea KOR 7 LAT Latvia LAT 1 LTU Lithuania LTU 3 MDA Republic of Moldova 1 MDA 1 NED Netherlands 1 1 NED 12 NOR Norway 1 NOR 5 PLE Palestine 1 PLE 1 POL Poland 1 POL 13 ROM Romania ROM 6 RSA Republic of South Africa RSA 3 RUS Russian Federation 1 1 RUS 12 SCG Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2 SLO Slovenia 1 SLO 9 SUI Switzerland 1 SUI 10 SVK Slovakia SVK 4 SWE Sweden SWE 4 TUR Turkey 1 TUR 4 URU Uruguay URU 1 USA United States of America USA 5 UZB Uzbekistan UZB 3 46 Total 25 21 14 46 340

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