Turkey to Host 2025 Beach Sprint Finals

The Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, Turkey—the jewel of the Turkish Riviera and the Turquoise Coast—will host the 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in early November, after the event was canceled at its original site in Rio de Janeiro.

“The level of interest we received following the Rio cancellation was both encouraging and energizing,” said World Rowing President Jean-Christophe Rolland.

“With the discipline now on the Olympic program for LA28, we felt it was absolutely essential to ensure that the 2025 Beach Sprint Finals could still go ahead. We are deeply grateful to the Turkish Rowing Federation and the local organizers in Antalya for stepping up.”

In Beach Sprint rowing races, athletes run across the beach and jump into shells held in the water. They row to buoys 500 meters out and then back through the surf to the beach, where they sprint to hit a button in the sand.

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