China has won the title of the second edition of the International Dragon Boat Race Festival held in Pokhara Phewatal. In the festival held in two categories, Nepal became without a title. China won the title by defeating Nepal in the final on Monday.
China's Dongguan Laoyu club team won the double title in the final race of 200 and 500 meters at Fewatal. Along with the double title, it won 10,000 dollars in cash. Dongguan Laoyu Club became the champion by crossing the prescribed distance of 200 meters in 47.720 seconds and became the champion by crossing the distance in 2 minutes 04.47 seconds for 500 meters.
Similarly, China's Yunnan Minju University team, which is one second behind in 200 meters, has become second. The team managed to cover the distance in 48.220 seconds, while China's Liaoching University team finished third in 50:830 seconds.
In the same competition, the Normal University of Yunnan Province took the fourth place with a time of 51.160 seconds. In the 500m dragon boat race, Liao Cheng University Chhim became second. He completed the prescribed distance in 2 minutes 7.34 seconds. Yuhan University team has been third in the competition. The team took 2 minutes 8.44 seconds to cover the prescribed distance. In the
competition, the winning teams of 500 and 200 meters have received trophies, medals and certificates, cash prizes of 5,000 US dollars, runners-up 2,000 dollars and third place teams have received 1,200 US dollars. The organizers said that the other participating teams were given 500 dollars in cash. 20 teams from Nepal, China and Singapore participated in the competition. 8 teams from China, one from Singapore and 11 teams from Nepal including Gandaki, Bagmati, Karnali, Tribhuvan Army Club, Dragon Board Gandaki, Begnas Team, Rupatal Team and Nepal Rafting Agencies Association (NARA) participated in the
competition. Dhanraj Acharya, Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City, said that such competitions will help to bring in Chinese tourists along with the promotion of tourism not only in Pokhara but also in Nepal. Eight dragon boats were brought to Pokhara from China for the
competition. The narrow body ship came to Pokhara on Thursday with the Chinese team participating in the Dragon Boat Race. Earlier, the International Dragon Boat Race Festival was conducted for the first time in June 2080. Even in the first edition, eight plants were supported by the Chinese government. That plant is now kept unused in Fewatal.
