When Italian world champion Davide Riccardi moved to Colombia in 2015 he was sure he was leaving rowing behind for good. Now he is on a mission to put Colombia and his adopted hometown of Cartagena de Indias on the world rowing map.
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馃摳 Club de Remo Cartagena de Indias coaches Davide Riccardi (left) and Yuleima Charris (right) with the under-19 beach sprint team Alejandro Riccardi, Santiago Monsalve and Matilde Maci谩. (Davide Riccardi)
Tunisia鈥檚 Khadija Krimi and USA鈥檚 Chris Bak have been named Athlete Role Models for Dakar 2026 by the IOC. Krimi is a three-time Olympian in the women鈥檚 lightweight double (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024) and Bak is a four-time beach sprint world champion (CM1x in 2022, 2024 and 2025, and CMix4x+ in 2023).They will support and advise the young athletes taking part in Dakar, in beach sprint鈥檚 debut at an Olympic event.
In other recent news:
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo wins its third-straight beach sprint Brazilian Interclub Championship
- Eight world champions, and a total of 97 rowers, line of for Spanish beach sprint trials
- Second stage of the Filippi Trophy sets new record, with participants from 19 different countries
- Rowing Ireland reschedules and expands its beach sprint trials, now set for 2-3 May
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#rowing #dakar2026 #tunisia #usa #olympics
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馃摳 Khadija Krimi, in bow, wins a silver medal together with Selma Dhaouadi in the lightweight women鈥檚 double at the 2025 World Rowing Championships. (Benedict Tufnell/World Rowing)
Community is the secret to Ander Mart铆n鈥檚 beach sprint success. Beach sprint is above all a team sport. The two-time world champion founded the Beach Sprint Academy in 2024 as a way to bring his community home to Torrevieja. And the people around him will be key to his dreams of LA28 qualification.
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#rowing #beachsprint #la28 #spain #teamwork
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馃摳 Ander Mart铆n prepares ahead of the 2025 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals. (B谩lint Czucz/Federaci贸n Espa帽ola de Remo)
Spain sweeps the podium of the men鈥檚 solos at the first stage of the 2026 Filippi Lido Trophy while a pair of Tokyo 2020 medalists battle for first place on the women鈥檚 side.
CM1x: 馃Miguel Salas 馃嚜馃嚫, 馃Ander Mart铆n 馃嚜馃嚫, 馃Adri谩n Miram贸n 馃嚜馃嚫
CW1x: 馃Magdalena Lobnig 馃嚘馃嚬, 馃Federica Cesarini 馃嚠馃嚬, 馃Teresa D铆az 馃嚜馃嚫
In other recent news:
- Beach sprint will bring rowing to the 2027 Istanbul European Games
- Chris Bak settles for second in beach sprint鈥檚 debut at the San Diego Crew Classic
- Beach sprint festival planned to celebrate US's 250th anniversary in heart of country
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馃摳 The men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 solos podiums of the International Circuit after the first stage of the 2026 Filippi Lido Trophy in Modello, Italy. (Federaci贸n Espa帽ola de Remo)
Spain sends a star-studded national team to compete in the Filippi Lido Trophy's International Circuit this weekend. Among its group of 11 rowers will be the brother and sister mixed double of Teresa and Salvador D铆az, fresh off their victory in the Filippi Spanish national league a week ago.
In other recent news:
- IOC will perform gene screening of all female athletes for LA28
- US coach Marc Oria runs beach sprint coaching course in Colombia
- All stages of the 2026 Filippi Lido Trophy will stream live online
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#rowing #olympics #la28 #spain #colombia
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Photo: Teresa and Salvador D铆az take a selfie together after winning the mixed double in the first round of the Filippi Spanish national league
Photo credit: Federaci贸n Espa帽ola de Remo
Hometown world champions launch Spain's new, Filippi-sponsored, national beach sprint league in M谩laga. Local rowers responsible for five of Spain's 11 world championships will be on the starting line tomorrow: Teresa D铆az (CMix4x+ in 2021 and 2022), Adri谩n Miram贸n (CM1x in 2019 and 2023), Javier Madrid (CMix4x+ in 2022) and Marcos Delgado (U19 CM2x in 2022).
In other recent news:
- Beach sprint world champion Esther Briz to debut in the Boat Race
- British Rowing expands its beach sprint national championships
More at wildrowing.com (馃敆 in bio)
#rowing #spain #filippi #boatrace #greatbritain
Photo: Adri谩n Miram贸n races to his second world championship at Barletta 2023
Photo credit: World Rowing
World Rowing confirms five boat suppliers for Qingdao 2026: Empacher, Falcon, Filippi, NEXT and Swift.
In other recent news:
- India runs inaugural beach sprint national championship in Goa
- Russian and Belarusian rowers permitted to return to competitions
- 2026 San Diego Crew Classic to feature beach sprint demo
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#rowing #worldrowingcoastal #india #russia #sdcc
Photo: Teams compete in Swift Racing and Filippi boats at the Genoa 2024 World Rowing Coastal Championships
Photo credit: World Rowing/Benedict Tufnell
One and one: World Rowing and the IOC confirm each country can qualify a maximum of 1 man and 1 woman for beach sprints at LA28
In other recent news:
-聽Australia names Tokyo 2020 champion Spencer Turrin beach sprint coach
- New Zealand searches for a high-performance beach sprint lead
- Tunisia and Egypt win gold at the Arab Women Sports Tournament
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#rowing #la28 #australia #newzealand #womenssports
Photo collage: Christine Cavallo and Kory Rogers racing in the USA mixed double, Zygimantas Galisanskis running for the line in the Lithuanian men's solo and Lucia Navarro hitting the buzzer in the U19 women's solo
Photo credits:
- Cavallo/Rogers: World Rowing
- Galisanskis: World Rowing
- Navarro:聽Benedict Tufnell/World Rowing
Lightweight World Cup winner Jos茅 L贸pez and the cruelty of beach sprint rowing... Find out more at wildrowing.com (馃敆 in bio)
In other recent news:
- Beach sprint debuts at the Arab Women Sports Tournament
- Swiss Rowing Indoors will feature a sandless beach sprint
- Four Nations Beach Sprint 2026 dates revealed
#rowing #beachsprints #spain #womenssports #indoorrowing
Photo: Jos茅 L贸pez holds the U19 women鈥檚 double at the 2023 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Barletta, Italy
Photo credit: Detlev Seyb/MyRowingPhoto.com/World Rowing
The beach sprint to LA28 is on! Find out more at wildrowing.com (馃敆 in bio)
In other recent news:
- The Czech Republic calls up flat-water world champions to beach camp
- England looks for a volunteer coach to lead the Home International effort
- Lightweight champion (and beach sprint hopeful) Federica Cesarini carries the Olympic Flame
Photo: Spain鈥檚 Adrian Miramon races off the beach at Genoa 2024
#Rowing #BeachSprints #LA28 #Czechia #England
Photo credit: World Rowing/Benedict Tufnell
Saudi head coastal coach Fernando G贸mez is happy. Since he moved from Spain to Saudi Arabia two years ago, his coastal and beach sprints team has gone from strength to strength. Could next year be their chance to qualify for LA28? Find out more (and register for the Saudi Open Beach Sprint Championships) at wildrowing.com (馃敆 in bio)
#saudiarabia馃嚫馃嚘 #rowing #worldrowing #beachsprint #la28
Photo credit: Fernando G贸mez/Saudi Rowing Federation
World Rowing announces the hosts for the 2027 and 2028 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals: Returning to both Oeiras, Portugal (2027) and Antalya, Turkey (2028). The Finals in Oeiras will also count as the Olympic qualification regata for beach sprint's debut at LA28.
In other key news this week:
- Host Thailand wins both golds in beach sprint's debut at the 2025 SEA Games
- Scottish Rowing calls for host venues for next year's Scottish Championships and Home International Regatta
- LA28 reveals details of how beach sprint fans (and fans of other events) can get their hands on tickets.
More beach sprint news at聽wildrowing.com
Photo: Monoco's Coline Caussin at the 2021 World Beach Sprint Finals in Oeiras, Portugal.
Photo credit: World Rowing
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