Banyoles of sport, each year a triathlon Premium European Cup (or even an IFC Canoe Marathon World Championship in 2010) is held in Banyoles, the hometown of the Spanish 2011 Champion Carolina Routier. National and regional events take place as well throughout the year, such as the Spanish triathlon championship and the Championship of Catalonia . Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 17,309 inhabitants (2006) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan "comarca" "Pla de l'Estany". Although an established industrial centre many of the inhabitants commute to nearby Girona
Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics women's coxless pairs, coxless fours, and eights. The women's coxless four replaces the men's lightweight coxless four from the previous Games, which is the first change made to the rowing programme since 1996. This was driven by the IOC's desire to seek gender parity and eventually remove all lightweight events. Each competing nation may qualify one boat for each of the fourteen events. The majority of the qualifying berths will be awarded at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, which take place in Ottensheim, Austria between 25 August and 1 September 2019. They are awarded to National Olympic Committees (rather than