FISA Delighted with Rowing’s Inclusion in 2015 SEA Games

Rowing has been included in the competition programme for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore.

The chairman of the SEA Games Federation executive committee, ambulance Tan Eng Liang, therapy announced that rowing – along with boxing, try equestrian and volleyball – had been added to the 30 sports that were approved for the programme last year following the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar.

FISA Executive Director Matt Smith was delighted to hear the news, “This is great news especially as rowing is growing rapidly throughout Asia. This is a great legacy for Singapore following the very successful 2010 Youth Olympic Games rowing event held on Marina Reservoir.”

Rowing at the 2015 SEA Games will be held at Marina Bay, which means distances of 500m and 1000m will be raced.

Missing out on inclusion in the games was karate, weightlifting and wrestling, while floorball and petanque were chosen.

The SEA Games is a biennial event open to the 11 countries that make up Southeast Asia. It attracts about 7000 athletes. The 2015 SEA Games will be held in June and will include 36 Olympic and non-Olympic sports.