Ukraine's reigning Paralympic champion Roman Polianskyi was among heat winners before weather intervened today at the Para Rowing International Regatta in Gavirate in Italy.
Gavirate in Italy will host the first Para Rowing International Regatta of the season, starting tomorrow.
USRowing has received an adaptive sports grant of $250,000 (£191,000/€215,000) from the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) to support the Freedom Rows programme, which assists veterans and armed forces members with disabilities.
Great Britain's Rio 2016 mixed four Paralympic champions claimed gold at the first event of the 2017 Para rowing season in Gavirate in Italy today.
The 2017 Para rowing season is due to begin tomorrow in Gavirate in Italy, where the first major international regatta will take place.
US Rowing's "Freedom Rows" project, which provides adaptive opportunities in the sport for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces, has received a cash boost of $250,000 (£193,000/€223,000).
Great Britain won three of the four medal races held as rowing finals began at the Rio 2016 Paralympics today.
The five athletes nominated to represent Canada in rowing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games have been announced.
Itaken Timoi Kipelian of Kenya believes competing in the rowing event at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will help improve the profile of the sport in his country.
Reigning world champions Grace Clough, Daniel Brown, Pamela Relph, James Fox and cox Oliver James have been named in the British Paralympic Association’s (BPA) rowing team for this year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Britain’s Rachel Morris achieved the world best time in the Para women’s single sculls competition to earn gold at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan.
World Rowing has announced an increase of 28 per cent in the number of Member Federations which tried to qualify for this year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro compared with the previous edition at London 2012.
Eight Para-rowing berths for Rio 2016 have been announced by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) after a decision by the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Bipartite Commission regarding invitations for nations.
China claimed four spots at Rio 2016 as the World Rowing Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate in Italy came to a close today.
China, Hungary, Mexico and Russia all secured their places in the final of the women’s single sculls event at the World Rowing Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate in Italy today.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
The Football Association - Insight & Analytics Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. As the Insight & Analytics Manager you will be part of the Behavioural Insight & Business Analytics (BIBA) team. The primary role of the BIBA team within The FA is to generate insight which inspires, informs and enables evidence-based decision making across the organisation.
The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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