SOCIETÀ CANOTTIERI FIRENZE

1st edition of the San Giovanni Challenge Rowing Trophy Florence

Born from an idea of ​​the President of Canottieri Firenze, Michele Nannelli and the Company Council, which will materialize on June 27th, with an international rowing sprint over a distance of 500 metres. on the mixed 8+ (4 boys and 4 girls) starting from the Santa Trinita Bridge and arriving right in front of the rowing club, under Ponte Vecchio. A regatta with which the organizers intend to pay homage to the first time the Tour de France started from Florence and Italy, scheduled for June 29th. Two disciplines, rowing and cycling, side by side in the cradle of the Italian Renaissance waiting to meet again exactly one month later, at the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Filippiboats based in Donoratico will also be there with its assistance service on the occasion (Livorno), supplier of the 8+ for the Florentine event (company info attached) and world leader in the construction of almost 70% of the hulls, representing at least 50 nations, which will compete in Paris in just over a month (kick off 27 July). There are 8 Nations in the water under the medieval Ponte Vecchio in Florence, chosen specifically because they represent both international cycling and rowing at the highest levels. Starting from the most famous rowing flagship (along with Oxford) that of the University of Cambridge, representing Great Britain. Then, obviously, there will be Italy with a Federal crew, France with the Societe Nautique of Vichy, Slovenia with RC Bled, Holland with the University of Delft, Germany with the University of Marburg, Spain with the CN Seville and finally Belgium always with a federal crew.

On the 27th, starting from 9.30 am, training will take place on the Arno in front of the Canottieri Firenze on the No. 04 eights with the latest generation carbon fiber made available by Filippiboats. Then from the 15 preliminary head-to-head races between the eight participating crews. From 9pm the finals at night with the buoy lines passing under the Ponte Vecchio illuminated for the occasion.