NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the 2017 FISA World Rowing Championships from Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla., with 12 hours of live coverage on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA beginning this Thursday, September 28. Thursday's live coverage begins with the semifinals at 10 a.m. ET on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. In addition, NBCSN will present encore coverage this Friday, September 29, at 10:30 p.m. ET and Sunday, October 1, at 11 p.m. ET.
The 2017 FISA World Rowing Championships features participants from across 65 countries, including a contingent of 78 athletes from the United States. Headlining the U.S. team will be the women's eight led by 2016 Olympic gold medalists Katelin Guregian, Emily Regan and Lauren Schmetterling, which looks to continue its unprecedented, 11-year winning streak at both the World Championships and Olympics. The Americans' flagship boat has won every major event since 2006, most recently claiming Olympic gold last summer in Rio. In addition, coverage includes the para-rowing finals on Thursday.
Live coverage of the 2017 FISA World Rowing Championships continues on Friday with the A finals at 11 a.m. ET on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA. Saturday's coverage of the A finals on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team
USA begins at 10 a.m. ET. Coverage of the event culminates with the A finals live on the Olympic Channel: Home of Team
USA at 9:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.
The preliminary rounds of the FISA World Rowing Championships are also available to stream via authentication on the Olympic Channel app and OlympicChannel.com through Wednesday. In addition, live coverage on Olympic Channel: Home of Team
USA will be streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the
NBC Sports app.
All rowing events will be presented as part of the Olympic Channel: Home of Team
USA partnership among NBCUniversal, the IOC, and the USOC.
Below is the full schedule for NBC Sports Group's FISA World Rowing Championships coverage:
| Date |
Time |
Event |
Network |
| Thurs., Sept. 28 |
10 a.m. |
Semifinals A/B (LIVE) |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Fri., Sept. 29 |
11 a.m. |
Finals (LIVE) |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Fri., Sept. 29 |
10:30 p.m. |
Finals* |
NBCSN |
| Sat., Sept. 30 |
10 a.m. |
Finals (LIVE) |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Sun., Oct. 1 |
9:30 a.m. |
Finals (LIVE) |
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Sun., Oct. 1 |
11 p.m. |
Finals* |
NBCSN |
*denotes same day delay/encore presentation
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