World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation, is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2014.
Yu Mengyu is a retired Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. In the same year, Yu made her international debut for Singapore.
The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place between 23 and 30 July 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events were contested by 526 athletes.
China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for China were volleyball player Zhu Ting and taekwondo practitioner Zhao Shuai. Sprinter Su Bingtian, who broke the Asian record of 100 m during the Games, was the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony. The delegation competed in all sports except baseball (softball), handball, and surfing.
India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place in July–August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Games marked the nation's 25th appearance at the Summer Olympics after having made its official debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, marking the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut as a British colony in 1952. More medals were won at the 2020 Summer Olympics by athletes representing Hong Kong than ever before, and Hong Kong also won its first gold medal since the handover back to China.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. However, China did not participate in the next seven games: 1956; the nation was absent in 1960 and 1964 over a dispute with Taiwan; 1968; 1972 due to issues with GANEFO; 1976 due to Republic of China boycott; and 1980, joining the US led boycott. The nation has participated in every Olympics since the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The rowing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 3 August at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne. The number of rowers competing across fourteen gender-based categories at these Games was reduced from 526 to 502, with an equal distribution between men’s and women’s events. Despite the slight changes in athlete figures, the rowing program for Paris 2024 remained constant from the previous edition as the competition featured an equal number of categories for men and women, with seven each.
The men's single sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held from 20 to 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The women's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, was held from 20 September to 24 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre. The gold medal was won by Chinese pair, Zou Jiaqi and Qiu Xiuping as they won by ten seconds over Uzbekistan pair Luizakhon Islomova and Malika Tagmatova.
The men's lightweight double sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, is held from 20 September to 24 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre. The gold medal was won by Chinese pair, Fan Junjie and Sun Man.
The men's quadruple sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held from 20 to 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The men's coxless pair competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held on 20 and 24 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The men's four competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held from 20 to 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The women's eight competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held at 20 & 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The women's single sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held on 20, 21, 22 & 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre. The gold medal was won by Uzbek rower, Anna Prakaten.
The women's double sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held on 20, 21 & 24 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held on 20 & 25 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
The women's four competition at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was held on 20 & 24 September 2023 at the Fuyang Water Sports Centre.
