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With a gold medal in a big women's boat, a bronze medal in a small boat, and a near-podium finish on the men's side, there's lots of upside for Canada's rowing program following a rebuild leading into Tokyo.

Over the past year, our Canadian rowing team worked through the challenges of coaching changes and COVID-19 lockdowns to continue a strong legacy in this power-endurance sport. The athletes did our country proud, as we saw countless outlays of support for their efforts on social media.

Canadian rowers Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens have won bronze in the women's pair event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Rowing Canada will send its largest Olympic team in a quarter-century when the athletes arrive in Tokyo, the organization announced Tuesday.

A last-chance rowing qualifying event in Switzerland on Sunday has produced three more entries for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics.

Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia are being urged to create coaching codes of conduct after verbal abuse complaints were made against a rowing coach at the University of Victoria.

Senior national team coach Dave Thompson has been fired by Rowing Canada, just five months out from the Tokyo Olympics.

Former University of Victoria rower Lily Copeland is one of three athletes and an assistant coach who have filed complaints against Barney Williams with the university and Rowing Canada Aviron, the governing body that certifies coaches in the country.

Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens, fresh off a bronze medal effort in women's pairs at the world rowing championships, didn't reach the podium Sunday but managed to qualify another boat for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.

At the world rowing championships in Austria on Saturday the Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer won bronze in the women's pair while the Canadian women's eight and men's pair boats qualified spots for Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.