{"id":14426,"date":"2026-04-11T20:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/new-lease-of-life-for-olympic-rowing-venue\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:31:43","slug":"new-lease-of-life-for-olympic-rowing-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/new-lease-of-life-for-olympic-rowing-venue\/","title":{"rendered":"New lease of life for Olympic rowing venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300644\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schinias-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schinias.jpg\" alt=\"New lease of life for Olympic rowing venue\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schinias-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Repairs to floating platforms in Schinias.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Twenty\u2011two years after its construction, Greece\u2019s Olympic Rowing Center at Schinias, northeast of Athens, is undergoing a full restoration, with its 2.2\u2011kilometer water course already back in use by the national team.<\/p>\n<p>The site, built for \u20ac88 million inside the environmentally sensitive Schinias wetland, had deteriorated after being largely abandoned following the 2004 Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facility was practically unmaintained since 2004,\u201d said technical consultant Elina Dretta, noting rotted floating docks, leaking buildings and clogged water channels that left installations \u201csitting on the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hellenic Olympic Committee initiated the rehabilitation last year after reaching an agreement with the Public Properties Company. The project is overseen by Anaplasi SA and funded with about \u20ac1 million from Alpha Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Crews cleared reeds, repaired docks and spectator stands, restored the hydraulic system and used divers to fix underwater damage. Building repairs are now underway, with work carried out in cooperation with the state environmental authority.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/environment\/1300644\/new-lease-of-life-for-olympic-rowing-venue\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repairs to floating platforms in Schinias. Twenty\u2011two years after its construction, Greece\u2019s Olympic Rowing Center at Schinias, northeast of Athens, is undergoing a full restoration, with its 2.2\u2011kilometer water course already back in use by the national team. The site, built for \u20ac88 million inside the environmentally sensitive Schinias wetland, had deteriorated after being largely &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"New lease of life for Olympic rowing venue\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/new-lease-of-life-for-olympic-rowing-venue\/#more-14426\" aria-label=\"Read more about New lease of life for Olympic rowing venue\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schinias-960x600.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}