Swimmers race across Hong Kong's Victoria Bay
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More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay on Sunday morning, competing to see who could swim the fastest across the harbor in open water
HONG KONG -- More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong's Victoria Bay on Sunday morning, competing to see who could swim the fastest across the harbor in open water.
The New World Harbour Race, which was suspended the past two years due to the pandemic and the 2019 anti-government protests, was held Sunday with a limited field of 1,200 swimmers. The one-kilometer (0.62 mile) race went from Wan Chai on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island to Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon.
In their blue caps, the swimmers were visible as a flurry of splashes and limbs as they moved across the bay.
Keith Sin, who won in the men's category, said he took the ferry to Wan Chai to scope out the route and made ample preparations to understand the ocean currents.
