Rocky waters ahead for Brisbane 2032’s Olympic rowing plan

Sarah Cook, General Manager of Australia, said to me in March, “… The main problem for the rowing is fair, so frankly, the deeper or middle part of the river will flow faster than the sides.

“Since a rowing course was eight to 10 lane widths, it would make the middle strips faster than the outer strips, so an Olympic would not be used for regatta or paralympic regatta, because it would be unfair for competitors.”

The Deputy Prime Minister Jarrod Bleijie, responsible for the Olympic infrastructure, repeated the workshop “Pierre from Pierre” line, which was announced last week’s Queensland Media Club lunch last week.

Rejecting Rowing’s concerns, Bleijie pointed out the 2028 Olympic Rowing venue as a reason for Rockhampton’s controversial candidacy.

“The Rowing Facility in La does not meet the requirements of the International Olympic Committee – very short,” he said.

“But do you know what they were doing? They just said, because Los Angeles will be good and they signed it. So they bend the rules for other places.”

Rowing was a bad comparison to make Los Angeles for Los Angeles for Andrew Guerin.

“2028 La course is probably shorter than normal and is subject to tidal flows because it is the worst.

“As I understand, both flow and tidal joining are one step worse. I have no idea how to manage it.”

Guerin said that the Rocky course was very small with tide and river alleviance, which made it difficult to control and create a fair course.

And it is also prone to floods.

At the Queensland Media Club event on Thursday, Bleijie described the surface of the Fitzroy River as a “mirror ..

However, last August, the planned public school championships in Rockhampton He moved because of heavy rain and flash floods. The 2032 Olympics will be held between 23 July and 8 August – the same time of the year.

This is a risky choice.

As the Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi said during his visit to Brisbane in May, the decision of the government to host the rowing in Fitzroy will ultimately be the world rowing.

“No one but the federation can say ‘playground is ready’,” he said.

Although political hypocrisy is as common as gambling in a casino, it is always good to say.

Prior to the election, Crisafulli and LNP colleagues have repeatedly promised to remove politics from planning and listening to experts.

So what did people with expertise say about the Fitzroy River?

“This option did not progress according to the requirements of insufficient coastal areas and access roads as well as limited accommodation options as well as inadequate coastal space and access road for the game and heating area, which was determined in the 100 -day examination of the 100 -day examination of the infrastructure and coordination authority independent of the games.

The Crisaflli government ignored Giica, worked rude on the decision -making process, and Brisbane has supervised the most naked political game decision since the host rights in 2021.

LNP demanded Rockhampton voters in last year’s state elections and holds less than 2 percent. If you don’t think this plays a role in the decision of the Crisaflli government, I would be happy to sell you the Fitzroy Bridge.

Crisafulli rightly criticized the Olympic False management of the Olympic Government’s Olympic Government’s call to reconstruct Gabba by Steven Miles to the embarrassing Qsac Gambit of the Annastacia Palaszczuk.

However, repeating the same mistakes, albeit on a much less conclusive scale, LNP showed that he was willing to play politics like the Olympic games.

“We are not to open this,” Crisafulli said last week of the decision of the Fitzroy River.

Well they must be.

The Olympic Delivery Plan of the New (ISH) LNP government was largely welcomed with enthusiasm, even if some places attract vocal critics.

But they didn’t do what they promised and did not listen to the experts. And through the International Olympic Committee, the world has every chance to pull rowing, it will make it exactly and the decision will make the decision from LNP.

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