Καταστροφή για την Ελληνική Πανεπιστημιακή Κωπηλασία!!!!!

Η διεθνής οικονομική κρίση που μαστίζει τις καπιταλιστικές οικονομίες τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες, αποτέλειωσε την Πανεπιστημιακή κωπηλασία στη χώρα μας. Συγκεκριμένα η οργανωτική επιτροπή της Πανεπιστημιάδας 2009 (Σερβία) λόγω οικονομικών προβλημάτων ζήτησε από τη διεθνή ομοσπονδία πανεπιστημιακού αθλητισμού FISU την αφαίρεση 6 αγωνισμάτων από το πρόγραμμα. Μεταξύ αυτών και η Κωπηλασία.

Το πλήρες άρθρο της FISA ακολουθεί.

Six sports removed from 2009 University Games

29/10/2008

The 2009 University Games, in Belgrade, Serbia, has cancelled six sports, including rowing, from the programme. In a press release, the International University Sports Federation, FISU, cited the current financial crisis as the reason.

FISU president, George Killian stated in a letter to FISA’s president Denis Oswald, “The current financial crisis that has affected the world’s leading financial institutions in the past week has now reached the level of university sport.”

The FISU press release explained that a recent meeting between the FISU Executive Committee and the Belgrade Organising Committee decided on a number of measures to help safeguard the 25th Summer Universiade, “due to the very difficult financial situation faced by the Belgrade Organising Committee.” The Belgrade Organising Committee proposed to reduce the number of sports on the current programme by six. The proposal was accepted by the FISU Executive Committee.

As well as rowing, canoeing, karate, shooting, wrestling and handball have been removed. These sports are considered optional sports and thus the local organising committee is able to decide if they will be included. Two optional sports remain; taekwondo and archery.

“I fully realise the disappointment this will cause to those student-athletes involved in the above sports,” Killian stated, “therefore, our members’ support of this tough FISU executive committee decision will be very much appreciated in order to help our Serbian friends in these troubled times to continue with the preparation for a slimmer Universiade.”

The Universiade is an international sporting and cultural festival which is staged every two years in a different city. FISU's main responsibility is the supervision of both summer and winter Universiades as well as the World University Championships. Last month Belgrade hosted the World University Rowing Championships which attracted university students from 27 nations.

The 25th Universiade is scheduled to take place 1 – 12 July 2009.