Plovdiv hosts the 2018 World Rowing Championships for men and women

More than 1,000 competitors from 62 countries took part in the championships. They shared the medals in 14 Olympic, 6 non-Olympic and 9 para-rowing events. Jean-Christophe Rolland presented FISA honorary medals for a major contribution to the development of rowing to Bulgaria’s Minister of Youth and Sports Krasen Kralev, the mayor of Plovdiv Ivan Totev and the chairman of the championships’ organising committee Ivan Popov. Four nations won 3 gold medals each in Plovdiv - Italy, the USA, Germany and France. First place in the overall standings went to the rowers from the Apennines, who also took the most silver medals - 4 - and have one bronze. The Americans were decorated 3 times with silver and 4 times with bronze, which gave them first place by number of medals - 10 in total. Bulgaria recorded its best result at a World Rowing Championships on the last day. The newly formed men’s double sculls pair, Kristian Vasilev and Boris Yotov, finished 12th in the final standings of the event, after finishing 6th in Final B. The World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv will be remembered for the visit of IOC President Thomas Bach, as well as for the ground-breaking of the second rowing canal in Plovdiv. “Nova Trade” Ltd took care of the hydration of all the competitors during the World Championships, supporting the athletes with the necessary amount of Bachkovo spring water.