NBC Sports to air area World Rowing Championships

SARASOTA — NBC Sports Group and the World Rowing Federation announced NBC Sports has U.S. media rights to televise more than 10 hours of coverage of the 2017 World Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

The championships will be held Sept. 24 to Oct. 1. NBC's coverage will begin Sept. 28. According to a press release announcing the coverage, the regatta is the biggest and most important annual World Rowing event of the year.

“Rowing fans can cheer in unison now that we are presenting one of the sports' premier events, and our most extensive coverage since the 2016 Rio Olympics,” says NBC Olympics Production and Programming President Jim Bell in a statement. “As an Olympic sport since the 1900 Summer Games in Paris, we are always thrilled to showcase the stamina, strength and harmony that these world class athletes display every time they race.”