700 swimmers left stranded after strong currents force early end to Victoria Harbour Race
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia
The Victoria Harbour Race on Sunday ended in chaos and disappointment for up to 800 swimmers, after organisers cancelled the final waves of amateur competitors and even pulled some from the water with the finish line in sight. With the 11.30am cut-off time fast approaching, the fourth batch of leisure swimmers, which had 700 spaces allocated to it, were left on dry land when organisers pulled the plug at 9.25am, some 20 minutes after the waves of the race’s slowest entrants were scheduled to...
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