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The World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals are an annual regatta organised by World Rowing. The World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals are a World Championship event, meaning the winners of this event are proclaimed World Champions. The regatta was first organized in 2019 in Shenzhen, China, and have taken place every year, with the exception of 2020.

The World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals follow the Beach Sprint discipline of Coastal Rowing, where rowers complete a Le Mans start on the beach, run 30-80m, row out 250m while slaloming around buoys, row 250m back in a straight line, and complete a run back to the finish/start line.

Under 19 events were added in 2021, in preparation for the inclusion of Beach Sprint rowing at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal.

On Friday, October 13, 2023, it was announced that Beach Sprint Rowing would be added as a second discipline (in addition to classic rowing) at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.