China Dominates in Debut at the 2026 Filippi Trophy

The Chinese national team made its debut at the Filippi Trophy with a dominant performance last weekend. Chinese rowers picked up a total of three golds, two silvers, and one bronze. The only event in which the Chinese team didn’t win a medal was the senior mixed double.

The results highlight the growing importance of this race series, which has begun to attract national teams not just from across Europe but from other continents, too. And they also illustrate that China is likely to be one of the key forces in the run up to beach sprint’s LA28 Olympic debut. Last year’s world championships in Turkey had a relatively muted representation from China because they were held around the same time as the China Games. But this year, the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals are scheduled for Qingdao, China.

The podiums from the International Circuit in the Filippi Lido Trophy’s second round were:

CW1x:

1. Wenjie Zhu – China
2. Magdalena Lobnig – Austria
3. Federica Cesarini – Italy

CM1x:

1. Moritz Wolff – Germany
2. Zhijin Li – China
3. Franz Werner – Germany

CMix2x:

1. Dominykas Jancionis, Martyna Kazlauskaite – Lithuania
2. Adam Bujnowski, Aleksandra Andrzejewska – Poland
3. Zygimantas Galisanskis, Raminta Morkunaite – Lithuania

U19 CW1x:

1. Weiwei Zhu – China
2. Carlotta Savona – Urania (Italy)
3. Silvia Messina – Peloro (Italy)

U19 CM1x:

1. Lukas Krizek – KVM 1881 (Czech Republic)
2. Xu Zhao – China
3. Andrea Sciavicco Fasan – Peloro (Italy)

U19 CMix2x:

1. Lili Liu, Juntao Su – China
2. Giorgia Cassina, Federico Andrei Munteanu – Palermo (Italy)
3. Lele Li, Xu Zhao – China