Rowing: Europe's elite gathers in Czech Republic

FISA European Rowing Championships 2017

Racice (Czech Republic), May 26th - 28th 2017

The rowing course in Racice was completed in 1986 having been built on a former sand quarry site. The Račice venue is located close to the Czech capital Prague, which is only a 30 minute drive by motorwayThe course can hold races of up to 2000 m and is equipped with the Albano system having a total of 8 lanes. In addition to the main race lanes, the course also has a separate 30 m wide 'return lane' from the finish to start line. The course is encircled by a 5 km road and the whole arena measures 73 hectares in total including towers for race umpires, boat house, hotel and administrative offices, large car park, boathouse, competitor changing room facilities and a capacity for 5000 spectators.

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a.)    Rowing Rights holders (= garantours): No restrictions in terms of time and length of news broadcasts

b.)    All other channels:

• Full news embargo for Germany in place - except for ARD / ZDF and its affiliates

• In the following countries (=  except for rights holder ) news airings are ONLY allowed AFTER 8:15pm local time: AUSTRALIA / BRAZIL / CHINA / CROATIA / CZECH REPUBLIC / DENMARK / ESTONIA / FRANCE / GERMANY / IRELAND (for European Championships) / ITALY / LITHUANIA  NETHERLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / POLAND / RUSSIA / SWITZERLAND / UNITED KINGDOM

• News airings are just allowed for 48 hours after the delivery

• News airings are “free of license fee” up to a max. length of 3 minutes