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The other reason why I asked why, was because they had a 2,000m course in 1984. I remember watching both rowing and canoeing events there on TV.Canoeing in OK as well. Can’t believe LA is getting away with putting up a 1500m rowing course.
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It was held at Lake Casiltas, which is a reservoir in Ventura County. This is approx 80 miles NW of central LA
There were big wild fires in the surrounding district in 2017 which polluted the Lake. From its wiki page the following might be the reason why they wont be going back there; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Casitas
The "no body contact with water" lake policy was established by The Casitas Municipal Water District in the 1950s and 1960s because the lake did not have a filtration system in place. In the 1990s a multimillion-dollar filtration system upgrade was made to the Lake Casitas facility. The US Department of the Interior conducted a 10-year study on the lake where allowing body contact with water was explored. The study reported, "The capabilities of the current water filtration system to handle the additional burden of body contact were called into question. The system was shown to exceed current regulatory standards, and would “probably” be sufficient to mitigate body contact pollution as well".[19] The Casitas Municipal Water District has not significantly changed the "no body contact with water" regulations in response to the facilities upgrade.
I suspect they just suspended the policy in 1984 for a few weeks, but LAOCOG couldn't get over the current agency ruling.
The venue for 2028 is the same as 1932 course, Long Beach Marine Stadium, but back then they dredged the extra 500m. Can't do that today as there is infrastructure built on that area. The venue is about 25 miles south of central LA and is a pretty impressive set up.
Looks like Lake Casitas wasn't even considered for 2028. This AFP story on 29th July said the original venue was 110km east of LA. Digging around, it was Lake Perris reservoir about a 2 hour drive, on a good day from central LA. The organising committee to cuts costs didn't want to build a satellite village near the lake so changed the venue.
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Olympic Rowing Course To Be Shortened For 2028 LA Games
The rowing regattas at the 2028 Olympics will take place on a 1,500m course rather than the standard 2,000m due to the "unique" nature of the venue in Los Angeles, the sport's international federation president said Monday.
The rowing regattas at the 2028 Olympics will take place on a 1,500m course rather than the standard 2,000m due to the "unique" nature of the venue in Los Angeles, the sport's international federation president said Monday.
The venue for the rowing events was switched a few months ago from a site 110km east of LA to the Long Beach Marine Stadium, which was used for the 1932 Olympics, to limit costs and the impact on the environment.
That decision, though, will cut the length of the course by 500m -- making it the shortest in the history of the Olympics since rowing was first introduced in 1900. "I am not saying it's ideal, as such the 1500m is not satisfactory, but we have to take a step backwards and to look at the big picture," World Rowing Federation boss Jean-Christophe Rolland told reporters at the 2024 regatta near Paris. "It's a unique situation for 2028," he added. "This is not a change to our sport, we don't change the rules, we will continue to have 2000m events for our world championships."
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LA2028 Confirms Olympic Rowing Will Be Only 1500m
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games officially announced that the 2028 rowing events will take place at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, CA. This course, the same one that was used in the 1932 Olympic Games, is only 1,500m long.
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