Rowing for Gold

Rowing for Gold (2025) is a Russian sports drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Artyom Mikhalkov. Gleb Kalyuzhny plays Yura Tyukalov — a young man who survived the Leningrad siege and found his way to competitive rowing after the war, when simply getting through each day was already an effort.

Coaches Mikhail and Vera Savrimovich (Andrei Smolyakov, Elena Lyadova) give him direction and a team around him — others shaped by the same years of loss, pulling together toward the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vladimir Ilyin, Alexei Kravchenko and Artyom Bystrov fill out a strong ensemble.

Tyukalov's gold medal is in the history books, but the film earns its tension anyway — because by the time the race arrives, you understand exactly what it cost to get there. Stream Rowing for Gold online on iFILM.