Hong Kong will host the 2019 World Rowing Coastal Championships, the decision was announced at the end of the recent World Rowing Championships.
Coastal rowing takes place in open water in boats designed for a wide variety of sea conditions. It’s very different from Olympic style rowing where racing is in a straight line on flat water.
About 400 competitors are expected to attend with racing tentatively planned to take place in Victoria Harbour in November 2019.
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