The German Rowing Association (DRV) has rejected the organizers' criticism of the alleged lack of support at the European Championships.
“The DRV has actively covered the topic of European Championships both via social media and internal club mailings and of course also referred to ticket sales.
We reach our target groups most effectively via these channels," the association said in response to a SID request.
There, the DRV has "significantly better coverage than on the website, on which we also regularly published reports." The association wanted to thank the organizers "for the good organization on site," emphasized the DRV.
In her function as head of the Munich Olympic Park, Marion Schöne had criticized the lack of help from numerous German associations.
In addition to the athletes, she also explicitly denounced the behavior of the rowers.
"Some of the attitude was: you are the organizer, we can't earn anything here, and now see how you do it," said Schöne in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
It was actually clear to her: “This is a home event with nine sports, there must be incredible support from the German associations.
But we had to pay for everything in terms of advertising and promotion, every service that came from some German associations cost money,” said Schöne.
According to the 59-year-old, she was "surprised that our event did not even appear prominently on the websites of some associations".
She cited the rowing association as an example.
There you were “somewhere far behind on the website, that was it with the support.
You no longer understand the world.” The associations had “zero financial risk”: “But when it came to free tickets, everyone was there.”