May 24, 2024

2024 World Rowing Cup II Coverage Page

With only two months left until the start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the U.S. will have 18 boats racing at this weekend's World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne, Switzerland. The regatta will give the crews a chance to test their speed before final preparations for the Olympics begin in earnest.

The U.S. has single entries in the PR1 men's single sculls, lightweight men's single sculls, women's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, men's four, women's four, women's eight, and men's eight, and two entries in each of the women's single sculls, men's single sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, men's pair, and women's pair.

A total of 234 crews from 43 nations will compete across 23 boat classes.

Racing gets underway Friday, May 24, with heats, preliminary races, quarterfinals, and select repechages. Saturday's racing will include the remaining repechages, semifinals, and finals in the non-Olympic and non-Paralympic boat classes. Finals in the Olympic and Paralympic boat classes will take place on Sunday. Racing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. local time on Friday and Saturday, with Sunday's racing starting at 8:45 a.m. local time. Click here for the most up-to-date schedule and results.

The live race tracker and live audio will be available for all races on www.worldrowing.com. Live video streaming will be available on the World Rowing website on Sunday starting at 10:00 a.m. local time for the A finals of all World Rowing Cup boat classes.

Rowing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place July 27-August 4. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are scheduled from August 28 to September 8, with Para rowing events beginning August 30.

The full Olympic team will be nominated by June 7, and the complete Paralympic team will be nominated by July 1. For information, updates, and athlete features, visit our Row to Paris page.

Click here for the current rosters of the 2024 Olympic Team and 2024 Paralympic Team.

USRowing would like to thank our national team sponsors including our Official Boat Supplier for the U.S. Senior, Under 23, and Para Rowing National Teams, Filippi Lido; our Official Apparel Provider, 776BC; our Official Partner, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., our Exclusive Supplement Supplier, Thorne HealthTech; our Official Performance Electronics Outfitter, Nielsen-Kellerman; the National Rowing Foundation; and TrainingPeaks, the Official Training and Coaching Software of USRowing's High Performance Team.