Review set to start on Rockhampton Olympic rowing venue
Crisafulli said the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority would conduct the review, which would start immediately.
But, ultimately, World Rowing would decide whether the Fitzroy was an appropriate venue for Olympic competition.
Professor David Hamilton, the director of Griffith University's Australian Rivers Institute, said the Fitzroy posed legitimate concerns for competition integrity.
The former rower said the sport was 'very sensitive' to currents.
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'If you're going to do something like that, you'd want to do the computer modelling of it to make sure that it wasn't going to necessarily prejudice certain lanes in the rowing field,' Hamilton said.
'It's got to be really carefully evaluated, because the last thing the Games would want is something that brought into jeopardy the ability to have an even playing field.'
Asked on Wednesday what would happen if the sport's governing body determined Rockhampton was not suitable for international competition, Crisafulli was adamant.
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