At the first-ever hybrid indoor rowing worlds, athletes at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre competed in real time against those in other countries, time zones, even a war zone.
which specializes in timing systems for rowing regattas, created a platform to connect all of those rowing monitors in a virtual race — a bit like a large, very active Zoom meeting.
“We really want to keep this event as accessible and inclusive as possible,” said World Rowing sport manager Liz Soutter. “But we also want to give competitors the chance to go head to head and see their competitors in the eye if they want that, and they’re willing to put up the funds to travel to do that.”“To have people who are not flying halfway across the world for maybe a two-minute race, that certainly has some environmental benefits,” Soutter added.
Cheri Bradish studies innovation as director of the Future of Sport Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. is a trend that the pandemic put into overdrive. Real-time connectivity in rowing opens the door to a future where fans could test themselves from home against the best in the world. What weekend warrior hasn’t wondered how they’d measure up?
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