U23 world championships in rowing
The U23 World Rowing Championships ( English World Rowing Under 23 Championships ) are since 2005 annually by the International Rowing Federation discharged World Championships the U23 age group in rowing . Previously, the events Match des Seniors (1976-1991), Nations Cup (1992-2000) and U23 World Regatta ( English World Rowing Under 23 Regatta , 2001-2004) existed as precursors held the rank of such.
description
The U23 age group (Seniors B) is the only junior class in the adult area in rowing. Athletes who have not yet reached the age of 23 in the current calendar year are entitled to start. After leaving the junior area (U19) due to age, young athletes can use this system to fight for four seasons to make it to the top of the world. At the same time, however, they are already fully entitled to start in the open age group (senior citizens A) , so that they often start in both classes within one year. A start in the open age group, for example at the rowing world championships or the Olympic rowing regatta , has no influence on the receipt of the right to start in the U23 age group.
The rowing regatta of the U23 World Championships is typically held mostly in July, occasionally also in August, and runs for about five days to a week. Regatta courses of category A from the World Rowing Association come into consideration as competition venues , on which 6 to 8 lanes with Albano system and a starting system are available. The competition distance in all runs is 2000 meters without bends, in each race a maximum of six boats can start at the same time. If - as usual - more than six entries per competition class are received, a qualification for the six finals starting positions will be carried out within the framework of the regatta via pre-run and hope runs and, if necessary, semi-finals.
For the U23 World Championships, all national member associations of the World Rowing Association can register one team for each boat class. All team members must have the nationality of the reporting association. Typically, a national qualification with a selection process or an elimination competition such as national U23 year championships is necessary for the selection of the teams. Rowers registered for the U23 World Championships may in principle be used in more than one boat class at this event, although this is a rather unusual procedure.
The rules of the regatta are determined by the Rules of Racing of the World Rowing Federation. The title winners can call themselves World Rowing Under 23 Champions (roughly translated as U23 rowing world champions ).
The selection of boat classes has occasionally changed historically. The program currently (2018) includes competitions for women and men, each in the open weight class and the lightweight class . Apart from the lack of competition classes for para rowers , the selection of boat classes at the U23 World Championships is similar to that of the title competitions in the open age group:
| Boat class | Abbreviation | Men | Men ( LG ) | Women | Women ( LG ) |
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| One | 1x |
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| Double scull | 2x |
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| Double fours | 4x |
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| Two without a helmsman | 2- |
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| Foursome without a helmsman | 4- |
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| Foursome with a helmsman | 4+ |
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| Eighth | 8+ |
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history
The regatta format of the U23 World Championships was designed in several evolutionary steps from a previous event , which was called the Match des Quatre Nations (four-country competition) and was verifiably rowed shortly after the Second World War. Male rowers from Switzerland, France, Belgium and Italy competed against each other in regular national competitions. On July 20, 1975, representatives of these four associations and two other nations met in Italy to discuss the introduction of an international competition for athletes in the "second row". They should measure themselves against their equals and gain experience. As a name for the new event, Match des Cinq Nations (five-country competition) and Match des Six Nations (six-country competition) were initially discussed. As more and more nations were interested in participating, the choice of the name was Match des Seniors . The president of the Italian rowing association Federazione Italiana Canottaggio Paolo d'Aloja (1931–1984), who made the event a success despite initial opposition from the world rowing association, had a significant influence on the conception of the Match des Seniors .
In the 1960s and 1970s, further important decisions were made in international rowing. The rowing world championships had initially been installed every four years from 1962 , since participants from overseas had meanwhile become a matter of course at the European rowing championships . From 1974 onwards, annual world championships completely replaced the European championships for more than 30 years. Another innovation was the introduction of women's rowing in the Olympic rowing regatta from 1976 and the consideration of lightweight competitions on an international level. The Junior World Championships were installed in 1967 and are therefore also a product of that time.
The senior's match started in 1976 with competitive classes for men and women in the open weight class. From 1984 there were additional classes for weight-restricted lightweight rowing, which was then on the rise and was also upgraded at the open world championships. With further changes, the number of competitions grew to 21 by 2015, including seven for men, five for lightweight men, six for women and three for lightweight women. The number of participants in 2015 was over 800 athletes from 51 nations. The strongest participating association is determined by a point evaluation and has been honored with the "Paolo d'Aloja Cup" since 1984.
The organization of the event was in the hands of an honorary Secretary General for the first four years until 1979, after which an international commission was responsible until 2003. The World Rowing Federation took over the regatta, which had long since become a de facto world championship, in 2004 and granted it the status of an official world championship the following year. From 2017, the U23 European rowing championships will also follow.
Events
From 1976 to 2018 all of the event took place in Europe. For the first time in 2019, the title fights have been awarded to non-European organizers.
Web links
- What is U23 rowing? - Website of the World Rowing Association (English)
- Under 23 - Website of the World Rowing Association (English)
- Australian Rowing at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships - Information on the U23 World Championships
- Story of World Regatta U23 by Sergio Morana ( Memento from January 27, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f FISA rule book. (PDF; 1.86 MB) In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association , accessed on January 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ 2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on January 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ The event was about in 1953 Wijnegem in Antwerp and in the year 1958 ( Memento of the original June 4, 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. held in Milan . No information is available about possible events in this series that took place further back in the past.
- ^ A b c Andrew Guerin: Australian Rowing at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships. In: www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved January 25, 2016 .
- ^ Robert P. Walton, Chip Davis: Letter to the Editors . In: Independent Rowing News . tape 4 , no. 16 , September 14, 1997, pp. 4 ( Online in Google Book Search [accessed on January 25, 2016] Letter to the editor to the magazine with an answer from the editor).
- ^ Il memorial Paolo d'Aloja, edition number 22. In: www.canottaggio.org. Italian Rowing Federation, accessed January 25, 2016 (Italian).
- ↑ 2008 FISA Media Guide. (PDF; 2.68 MB) In: www.canotaggio.org. Retrieved January 31, 2018 .
- ↑ 2015 World Rowing Under 23 Championships. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, accessed on January 25, 2016 (English).
- ↑ World Rowing Under 23 Championships - 51 countries and over 800 rowers. In: www.worldrowing.com. World Rowing Association, July 15, 2015, accessed on January 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Dag Danzglock: U23 EM comes in 2017. In: www.rudern.de. German Rowing Association , June 4, 2014, accessed January 25, 2016 .
