Croatia’s champion rowers the Sinković brothers and Damir Martin kicked off this year's World Cup in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv with victories. Martin and Valent Sinković have thus placed into Sunday's final in coxless pairs, while Martin has made it to the semifinal of single sculls.

After the highly successful annual Sveti Duje Rowing Regatta on May 1, 2016, TCN caught up with one of the organisers, Luka Grubor, to find out how the rowing teams of Oxford and Cambridge University end up in the Dalmatian capital every May. Grubor, himself a 1997 boat race veteran of the most famous boat race in the world, also won Olympic Gold for Britain in the 2000 Games in Sydney in the men's eight. Living in Split these days, he is the co-founder of the popular event. 

Imagine a boat race where a third rowing team had more Olympic and World Championship medals than either Oxford or Cambridge. Split's proud rowing tradition triumphed on May 1, 2016 at the annual Sveti Duje Legends Race in Split, the highlight of an extraordinary rowing success story in Croatia. 

Did you know about the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race which takes place in Croatia this weekend, with a third team in the race - the rowing city of Split with its proud Olympic tradition?

Unstoppable Sinković brothers and Damir Martin are in fantastic form before the Rio Olympics

More rowing glory for Croatia.