NBC Sports Group Presents Live Coverage Of 2017 Fisa World Rowing Championships Beginning Sept. 28

2016 Olympic Gold Medalists Katelin Guregian, Emily Regan & Lauren Schmetterling Lead the U.S. Women’s Eight in Pursuit of 12th Straight World or Olympic Title

NBCSN to Broadcast Men’s and Women’s Semifinals and Finals

Coverage Streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app

STAMFORD, Conn. – September 25, 2017 – 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 GuregianEmily 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 2017 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

ABOUT NBC SPORTS GROUP

When the Comcast-NBCUniversal transaction was completed in January 2011, the sports assets of the two companies combined to form NBC Sports Group, which serves sports fans 24/7 with premier live events, insightful studio shows, and compelling original programming. The sports media company consists of NBC Sports, NBC Olympics, NBCSN, Golf Channel, NBC Sports Regional Networks, NBC Sports Radio and NBC Sports Digital, which includes NBCSports.comNBCOlympics.comGolfChannel.com, the digital assets of the NBC Sports Regional Networks, Rotoworld, the NBC Sports Talk franchise, multiple apps, and two transactional sports businesses, GolfNow and SportsEngine. NBC Sports Group possesses an unparalleled collection of television rights agreements, partnering with some of the most prestigious sports properties in the world: the International Olympic Committee and United States Olympic Committee, the NFL, NHL, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, The R&A, PGA of America, Churchill Downs, Premier League, Tour de France, French Open, Formula One, IndyCar and many more.

ABOUT OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal. The TV network offers fans year-round programming of Olympic Sports from around the world, highlighting their favorite American athletes and teams. Programming emphasizes live events from a broad portfolio of summer and winter Olympic Sports. It also includes Olympic-themed original content produced by all three parties, such as original programs produced by filmmakers from around the world commissioned by the global Olympic Channel; rich archival footage from the IOC and NBCU’s libraries of Olympic features and documentaries; and original Team USA programming produced by the USOC that provides authentic, wide-ranging and athlete-focused coverage of the Olympic Movement in the United States. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights are available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.

ABOUT WORLD ROWING FEDERATION

The World Rowing Federation, FISA (from the French, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron) is the governing body of the sport of rowing. It is empowered by its 151 member National Rowing Federations, the National Olympic Committees and the International Olympic Committee to govern the sport of rowing.

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