Rowing: NZ officials can crack open champagne

The anxious waiting is over for Rowing New Zealand.

The annual Congress of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) has today officially confirmed Lake Karapiro as the venue for the 2010 World Rowing Championships.

This vote formalises FISA's July recommendation for the World Championships to go to Lake Karapiro.

That recommendation had caused the other candidate, Amsterdam, to withdraw its bid, but the final decision still had to be ratified at today's FISA Congress.

Rowing New Zealand CEO Craig Ross is delighted but not surprised.

He says they were also the front runner and the fact the FISA Congress accepted the recommendation is comforting news.

Ross says they can now really get started on the planning for the event.

- NEWSTALK ZB