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Diverse sailors make splashes at Hong Kong Race Week

  • By: YANG HaicenEdited by: Jemima Badajos
  • 2024-07-23

The 2024 Hong Kong Race Week drew to a close on Feb.4. The six day event was the second time it was held since the Covid-19 lockdown in 2019.

Ten classes of the event including both professional and amateur levels competed in Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, Stanley, Tai Tam and Lo Chau.

This year’s Hong Kong Race Week was co-organised with the 29er Asian Sailing Championships, attracting 273 local and overseas sailors.  

Asia's top ranked sailors, Hangzhou Asian Games medallists and the winners in the last Hong Kong Race Week also gathered at Middle Island to compete. Many junior athletes from Shenzhen, Nanjing and Qingdao  travelled to Hong Kong accompanied by their club coaches or parents to participate in the juniors category, a first for the event.

2024 Hong Kong Race Week continues to grow from last year, attracting over 270 sailors from 10 countries and regions, compared with 236 participants last year.
The crews clear away silt and debris from the rain for the sailboats to launch smoothly.
More than 150 volunteers are in charge of transporting, pairing and repositioning the boats.
Athletes are well protected from the sun by applying a thick layer of sunscreen before the competition.
Tiffany Mak, the winner of last year's 29er Asian Championship and the favourite this year, hoisting her sails.
17 juniors from the Xuanfeng Club in Shenzhen participate in this year’s Race Week.
Japanese sailors Yuto Tsutsumi and Taishi Goto, top the 29er tournament rankings in Japan.
A scarf with a good luck symbol on a Hong Kong sailor’s uniform.
Media boats, coaching boats, and first aid boats making their final checks.
More than 90 competitors are from mainland China. Making up a third of the participants.
At sea, the two young players from mainland China are both friends and rivals.
Professional and amateur child athletes compete in the Optimist Junior category.he youngest sailor is just 7 years old.
Li Jianzheng, one of the youngest athletes, learned to sail for only five months before travelling from Nanjing to Hong Kong to compete.
Huang Congguo, 15, topped the first two rounds in the RS FEVA category, but was forced to abort the day's racing due to a broken mast accident, cancelling his round results. Huang said he would carry on well for the rest of the competition.
Adison, 13, a child player from Thailand, said he preferred to train in his hometown than in Hong Kong because the wind and waves here were too strong.
Li Hongxi (right), 15, coming from Shenzhen, ranked sixth place in the Optimist Main Fleet class, which was his first time to compete in Hong Kong.
Parents from mainland China gathered on the shore, waiting for their children to return from the race.

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