The third World Rowing Cup of the 2016 season will be raced in Poznan, Poland and represents the last chance for athletes including Bermuda’s Shelley Pearson to test themselves against their competitors before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The field has narrowed slightly compared to previous World Cups as nations focus on sending crews that will make up their Olympic boats. Forty-eight countries including Bermuda will be represented with 584 athletes competing.
Pearson will be competing in the (W1x) Women's Single Sculls against a field that sees several Olympic Qualifiers taking part.
The Women's Single Sculls is the second largest field and sees 24 entries including reigning World Champion Kim Brennan of Australia meeting 2014 World Champion, Emma Twigg of New Zealand.
This much-anticipated meet-up will be the first time Brennan and Twigg have raced each other since the 2014 World Rowing Championships. The 1996 and 2000 Olympic Champion, Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus will also be lining up along with the reigning Olympic Champion, Mirka Knapkova of the Czech Republic.
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