Among the 214 crews entered, 26 will race in the men's single sculls, and 25 in the men's quadruple sculls, two events with the highest number of entries at this regatta. In total, 677 athletes shall be present in Racice next week.

This will be the last International Junior event before next month's inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, at which 45 nations will compete at the rowing events which include the men and women's pairs, and the men and women's single sculls. Some of the competitors at Racice will go on to compete in Singapore. Both Edward Nainby-Luxmore and Caspar Jopling from Great Britain's men's four will carry on to this event in mid-August shortly after racing in Racice. 'This reduction in entries when compared to 2009 was expected due to the closeness of dates between these two very important events for this age group. Last year's Junior Worlds was the qualification event for the Youth Olympic Games and it yielded a record number of participating countries. We expect that several nations and crews will have chosen not to participate in Racice, and concentrate on their performances in Singapore instead," said Matt Smith, FISA Executive Director.

Last year's junior World Champion in the men?s single sculls, Felix Bach of Germany is back again to defend his title. As the Junior Worlds often sees athletes only race one year at the is level, Bach will face a whole new batch of faces with 25 other countries lining up in this event. The top three finishers from the 2009 women?s single scull have all moved on leaving the door open for all 20 nations that  have entered to have a fair shot at the title.

A number of rowing siblings appear on the junior team rosters with Hayden Cohen of New Zealand following in the footsteps of older brother Nathan Cohen who currently races in New Zealand's senior squad. Hayden will stroke the men?s quad for his country.

To compete in the World Rowing Junior Championships, rowers must be 18 years or under. An athlete can compete as a junior until 31st December of the year in which s/he reaches the age of 18. After that date s/he shall be classified an Under 23 rower.

The World Rowing Junior Championships is partly subsidised by the rowers who take part in the World Rowing Masters Regatta which donates 1 Euro of every Masters Regatta entry fee for supporting youth rowing.

Live scoring, audio streaming, race reports, results and a photo gallery will be available throughout the regatta on www.worldrowing.com.

A full list of entries and an updated provisional timetable can be found at www.worldrowing.com