Chinese rowers advance in all 9 events at World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals

(ECNS) -- Chinese athletes advanced in all nine events on the opening day of the 2026 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Qingdao West Coast New Area, Shandong Province, on Monday.

Coastal rowing, also known as beach sprint, requires athletes to complete a beach sprint, an on-water rowing leg and a final beach sprint, testing strength, adaptability and overall competitive ability. The discipline will be an official event at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

More than 300 athletes from 52 countries and regions are competing in the event.

In Olympic-class events, Liu Jiayu advanced with a fourth-place finish in the men's single sculls, Zhu Wenjie advanced third in the women's single sculls, and Li Zhijin and Zhang Guiping advanced seventh in the mixed double sculls.

(By Tang Yuxian)