Only 3 days after Coupe, the most prestigious junior rowing event in the world opened its doors; the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay is soon to be the site of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Regattas, and more recently was the site of the World Rowing Junior Championships 2019.
The year before the Olympic Games, the Olympic rowing venue is opened up to the World Rowing Junior Championships and the international athletes competing in it. 2019 is the time for Tokyo, Japan to make a lasting impression on these young athletes fighting for a podium position from the 7-11 August.
Without a doubt, here at AllMarkOne we've grown hugely across the board this year, not only in the size of our team but in the quality and breadth of our content. Coming into the summer, the opportunity arose for us to be selected as official British Rowing press partners at the World Rowing Junior Championships...
After finishing an impressive fourth amongst a tough field at the European Junior Championships in Gravelines, France earlier this year and with another year left in juniors, young Slovenian talent Ilaria Macchi looks to build to further success in her junior career and beyond.
We had a quick chat with Celia, Emma, Lisa and Jana, who have been selected to represent Switzerland- the reigning Junior World silver medallists in the JW4x- in this year's crew. They kindly spoke to us about all aspects of their rowing, from past experiences at Worlds in Rotterdam and Trakai to the inspiration that is Swiss JW1x World Champion Jeannine Gmelin!
