Petition urging FISA to preserve lightweight rowing

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#53

2016-10-20 18:55

The idea of the removal of the lightweight 4 appears nonsensical, it is by far one of the most competitive rowing events.
Would the removal of the Mens and or Women's heavy 4x and introduction of the Lighweight women's 4- not allow for a near complete gender balance within rowing, and also allow for sculling and sweep to represented across both genders and both weight classes.

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olympic rower

#69 Re:

2016-10-21 00:58:46

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 That's the worst idea I've heard! The lightweight 4 is the best boat class to remove, all events are competitive and there should be a heavyweight event for each boat class. All good lightweights can be competitive as heavyweights.