Beach Sprint RACES

The International Olympic Committee announced that Beach Sprint Rowing, a format of the Coastal Rowing discipline, will be included in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games programme, alongside Classic Rowing. For the first time, Rowing will be featured in two different disciplines, both set to be showcased at the heart of the Olympic Games.

The inclusion of Beach Sprint Rowing in the 2028 Olympic Games programme is the outcome of a decade-long development of Coastal Rowing. In 2023, Beach Sprint Rowing was featured at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Barletta, Italy, after being part of the Mediterranean Beach Games in Greece. The format will also be part of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal and the 2026 Commonwealth Games, in addition to other high-profile Continental multisport games and World Championships taking place every year.

“The inclusion of Coastal Rowing at LA28, through the Beach Sprints format, is expected to be transformational for our sport in terms of global exposure, and in making an exciting form of rowing accessible to new populations,” said World Rowing President Jean-Christophe Rolland. We believe Beach Sprint Rowing has the potential to enhance the Olympic programme by embracing beach culture and our shared values of universality, gender-equality and sustainability, while delivering genuine innovation in sport, broadcast and fan entertainment.

To learn more about Beach Sprint Rowing, click here to watch a presentation of the discipline, here to learn more on “How to Beach Sprint” or click here to download a media booklet from World Rowing. Links and information above are from www.worldrowing.com.

USRowing worked with the us to put on Beach Sprint Trials in 2021, 2022 and 2023 to select the US Team for Worlds in 2021 - 2022 and to go to Peru in 2023. The beautiful beaches and waters off of South Lido Beach in Sarasota Florida are an ideal location for beach sprint training and racing. A number of current and former medalist at Coastal Worlds have trained with us here. Sarasota has played a significant role in the development of this exciting new sport. Contact us if you would like to schedule private training sessions or learn about future open training sessions.