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On 23 November 2007, a 22-member Singapore national dragon boat team capsized after colliding with a pontoon in Tonlé Sap, Cambodia, leading to the deaths of five Singaporean dragon boat paddlers after they were sucked under the pontoon by strong water currents. They were participating in Bon Om Touk, an annual Cambodian festival.
The International Dragon Boat Federation (Chinese: 國際龍舟聯合會) is the international governing body for the sport of dragon boat racing. IDBF was founded in Hong Kong on June 24, 1991 by Australia, China, Taiwan, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States. [2]
Reuben Kee En Rui (simplified Chinese: 纪恩锐; traditional Chinese: 紀恩鋭; pinyin: Ji En Rui; 9 July 1984 – 23 November 2007) was a Singaporean dragon-boat paddler, composer and part-time model.
The International Dragon Boat Federation defines a dragon boat, within competition regulations, to be: "a long displacement boat of an open design, that is based upon a rib-less carvel form of hull construction, with the following distinguishing characteristics; no stem, hard chine bilge; W in cross section, minimum freeboard, punt-like entry and exit; rocketed keel that is set back from the ...
Machestic Dragons, New Jersey's first Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat team, was established in 2005. They practice on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. [84] Paddle for Pink is their annual dragon boat festival, held each June in Mercer County Park. [85] GoPink!DC, a breast cancer survivor team in Washington, DC [86]
The 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships is an international canoeing competition in dragon boat hosted in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines from October 28 to November 3, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tournament was hosted under the auspices of the Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation .
A dragon boat is a long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of dragon boat racing which originated in China. For racing events, dragon boats are not rigged with full decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails and are not required to carry a large drum aboard. The decorative boats are used in ceremonial events. They do ...
The men's dragon boat 500 metres competition at the 2022 Asian Games was held on 5 October 2023. [1] [2] ... Singapore South Korea ... 24.328: SF Heat 2