一封来自亚赛君的致歉信，一封来自亚赛君的致歉信

一封来自亚赛君的致歉信，一封来自亚赛君的致歉信Remove the Lightweight men’s 4- and replace with an open weight women’s 4-The most dramatic element are the three proposals for changes to the Olympic programme:Ensure the integrity of rowingConsolidate rowing’s position as a global citizen.The key recommendation is to make all FISA events gender equal – in other words the same number of men’s and women’s events at all FISA events (which includes

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FISA Conference Review

FISA the world governing body for rowing held a National Federations Conference in London on March 6thand out of that conference has come some very radical proposals about the future of international rowing especially at the Olympics.

Entitled “Driving Rowing’s Future” the conference had three aims:

1. Retain a strong position in the Olympic movement

2. Ensure the integrity of rowing

3. Consolidate rowing’s position as a global citizen.

The key recommendation is to make all FISA events gender equal – in other words the same number of men’s and women’s events at all FISA events (which includes the Olympics).

The most dramatic element are the three proposals for changes to the Olympic programme:

1. Remove the Lightweight men’s 4- and replace with an open weight women’s 4-

2. Remove the Lightweight and heavyweight men’s 4- and replace with Lightweight men’s and women’s single sculls

3. Remove the Lightweight men’s 4- men’s and women’s double sculls and replace with men’s and women’s lightweight single sculls and open weight women’s 4-

What is clear is that whichever proposal (if any) gets adopted at the FISA Extraordinary Congress next year 2016 will mark the last appearance in the Olympics of the Lightweight men’s 4-. On the face of it this will be a great loss. The lightweight fours produce some of the best racing of the whole Olympic rowing programme. But there is a feeling within FISA that the smaller rowing nations do not have the strength in depth to be able to compete in the lightweight sweep events. The issue of the LM4- is that it’s a victim of its own success. The top lightweight men’s coxless fours are fast enough to compete with the heavyweights. There isn’t enough differentiation between the heavy and light fours to warrant a different event in the eyes of the general public. Therefore it looks likely that the LM4- will be sacrificed for the sake of gender equality and universality.

The ramifications of this move would be quite severe as relegating the lightweight sweep events to the “International” rather than “Olympic” class events could well kill the discipline entirely. The LM2- is a popular event as it’s used as a feeder boat for the Olympic class LM4-. If that is removed then there is no drive for lightweight sweep rowing. For nations like GB and New Zealand who are all about Olympic medals it’s unlikely they would field lightweight sweep boats at the World Championships and World Cups.

My preference is for option one – a straight swap between the LM4- and W4-. But those who champion the cause of universality will say that the medals in the W4- will still be won by the “usual” suspects (USA NZ GB etc). I think it’s more likely that lightweight singles will be introduced (option two or three) as this offers greater opportunity for single athletes in smaller rowing nations to make a mark.

The changes are not limited to the Olympic programme. There are also three proposals affecting the World Championship events:

1. Remove M2 BM4 JM4 and replace with LW2- BLW2- LW4- and BLW4-

2. Remove M2 & BM4 and replace with LW2- BLW2- LW4- BLW4- and JW4

3. Remove M2 BM4 JM4 and replace with just the LW2- and BLW2-

Other proposals that have been put forward are that coxes should be gender neutral; in other words men can cox the women’s events and vice versa and that the weight limit of 55kg would apply regardless of gender.

Also of note and something I touched on in a previous article is a recommendation that a limit be set on the number of boats each nation can qualify for the Olympics; the suggestion is either 10 or 12. This would particularly hit nations like GB and New Zealand whose stated aim was to qualify in all 14 Olympic events.

Para-rowing hasn’t escaped the review with a proposal that the distance be increased to the full 2000m. I would imagine for the AS singles that would be a formidable challenge to race double the distance but for the LTAmix4 it definitely makes sense.

Another interesting point is the suggestion to allow Olympic hosts to allow a racing distance of less than the international standard of 2000m. Could this mean that at some point in the future we could see an Olympic sprint regatta held in the heart of a host city?

All in all it’s been quite a momentous weekend for the sport of rowing. It remains to be seen which if any of these proposals are ratified at next February’s Extraordinary Congress.

奥林匹克2020议程推动，FISA国际赛艇联合会吹响单项运动变革的号角

今年3月，国际赛艇联合会（FISA）在伦敦召开了年度会议。此次会议上，作为在全世界管理与推广赛艇运动的国际组织，FISA做出了一些即将深刻影响赛艇运动的决定，影响面之广，覆盖了从奥运会赛事到民间的赛艇运动，更是吹响了单项体育运动的改革号角。其中重要的两点就是，取消男轻四单的奥运会赛事，建议把比赛距离从2000米缩短到1000米。

世界赛艇联合会此次大刀阔斧的改革举措是有国际背景的。在此之前，国际奥委会发布了《奥林匹克运动2020议程》，一共40条行动倡议，而赛艇运动又在奥林匹克中扮演了极其重要的角色，其中和赛艇相关的就是：

建议10：奥林匹克运动要从注重比赛结果到注重比赛过程（Move from a sport-based to an event-based programme）

建议11：进一步促进男女平等 （Foster Gender-Equality）

国际赛艇联合会作为赛艇单项运动的管理者，为了适应新时期奥林匹克运动的要求，迅速做出了调整赛艇项目的决定。具体来讲，FISA针对目前参加奥运会赛艇项目男女运动员人数不均等的现状，提出了三种方案：

1、 取消男轻四单，用女子四单代替；

2、取消男轻四单和公开级男子四单，用轻量级男子单人双桨和轻量级女子单人双桨代替；

3、取消男轻四单、男子双双和女子双双，用男轻单人双桨、女轻单人双桨和公开级女子四单代替。

2012年伦敦奥运会的英国国家队男轻四单

不管将来哪种建议被采用，现在看来2016年奥运会都会是男轻四单最后一次亮相了。这对于专业从事男轻四单的运动员来说，是一件遗憾的事情。FISA国际赛联方面提出男轻四单被取消的原因主要有三：

1、男轻四单和公开级男子四单对欣赏运动的普通观众来讲看起来区别不大；

2、男子项目参赛人数大于女子参赛人数；

3、男轻四单项目过去奖牌过于集中，人口少的小国家没有实力发展男轻四单项目。

FISA国际赛艇联合会另外一项重大改革举措，就是将赛道距离从2000米缩短到1000米。相对于男轻四单几乎可以肯定要被拿掉的情况，改动赛道距离这一话题更敏感一些，正反两面的意见针锋相对，目前并没有定论。

和所有改革都会引起讨论与争议一样，FISA的改革措施也一样在大讨论过程中。如何应对可能轻量级男子运动员要准备调整参赛项目和将来的职业规划；女子赛艇将来肯定会随着参赛名额公平分配迎来春天；赛艇精英派可能要思考是否继续坚持2000米的比赛距离，没有优秀人才更替的运动没有办法持久，而挖掘赛艇人才最好的方式就是推广赛艇运动，这也符合中国在国家层面重视体育产业发展的举措。

至于亚赛君的观点，套用一句姜文导演的话：让子弹飞一会儿吧！咱们以不变应万变。亚赛君也会持续关注国际上赛艇的各种讯息，与大家分享。

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