Jones Nabel Set to Race Lightweight Single at First World Rowing Cup in Serbia

Mary Jones Nabel (Huntsville, Ala./University of Tennessee) will be the lone U.S. athlete racing at the first World Rowing Cup of the season this weekend in Belgrade, Serbia.

A five-time U.S. National Team member, Jones Nabel will square off against nine other rowers in the lightweight women's single sculls.

The American won a bronze medal in the event at the 2017 World Rowing Championships and followed that up with a silver medal in the lightweight women's double sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships. Currently rowing out of Cambridge Boat Club, she finished fourth in the open weight double sculls at USRowing's most recent National Selection Regatta earlier this month.

With the 2022 World Rowing Championships scheduled for September in the Czech Republic, this weekend gives Jones Nabel a chance to test her speed against an international field in preparations for the 2022 World Championships Trials scheduled for early July in West Windsor, N.J. The world cup field includes The Netherlands' Martine Veldhuis, who won the event at the second and third world cup races in 2021.

Racing will get underway Friday with morning heats and afternoon repechages on Sava Lake. The final is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. World Rowing Cup I runs through Sunday, with Saturday and Sunday's racing being streamed live on www.worldrowing.com.

For the full list of entries and an up-to-date schedule, visit the 2022 World Rowing Cup I event page.