UPDATE 6/15: USRowing Statement on Cancellation of 2021 World Rowing Championships and Status of Trials Events at the USRowing Summer National Championships

UPDATE 8/10: With the cancelation of the 2021 World Rowing Championships, USRowing will be using the scheduled selection camps as developmental opportunities for elite and aspiring elite athletes at the end of the month.

Four locations will be offering specific sweep or sculling opportunities in small boats to allow athletes to gather in one location to develop and train together. Locations and information on how to sign up for the camps are listed below. Each camp will run approximately two weeks and may offer additional fall racing opportunities for attendees.

UPDATE 6/15: Following the announcement of the cancellation of the 2021 World Rowing Championships, World Rowing's Executive Committee met to consider whether there was a possibility to find a different host for the event. After careful consideration, it was reluctantly concluded that there was not sufficient time to identify, confirm and prepare a world championship regatta this year. Click here for the full release.

With the final determination by World Rowing, USRowing will not be selecting a team for the 2021 World Rowing Championships. Racing in the open events at the USRowing Summer National Championships will still be contested, but no national team selection will take place at the regatta. USRowing also will not host the previously announced selection camps for the 2021 World Rowing Championships. Instead, we are looking at running camps as developmental opportunities. More information on these camps will be available next week.

We are disappointed that our athletes are losing this opportunity to compete on the world stage after what has already been a difficult 18 months. We look forward to the opportunity to race next year.

USRowing is aware of today's announcement by World Rowing of the cancellation of the 2021 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China.

We are disappointed that our athletes are losing this opportunity to compete on the world stage after what has already been a difficult 18 months. We want to thank everyone involved with World Rowing, the organizing committee and the Chinese Rowing Association for the work they put in to try to stage this event.

USRowing was scheduled to select several boats for the world championships' team this coming weekend as part of the 2021 USRowing Summer National Championships.

Racing in the open events, including those that had been designated as trials events, will go on as scheduled. The trials events will continue to follow the "Trials Progression" as published in Version 2 of the entry packet.

USRowing will provide additional information on the cancellation of the championships and the status of 2021 selection in the next few days.