The Sports Bureau (ID) announced in a statement on Friday that SJM Golden Jubilee won the Macau Standard Dragon Boat Race (500m) Open Category, while the Association of Macao Youth Development won the women’s category, during the “2022 Macao International Dragon Boat Race”.
The statement noted that in the open category, SJM Golden Jubilee won the championship at 1 minute 58 seconds, while Wynn and MGM won the second and third places respectively. Meanwhile, in the women’s category, the Association of Macao Youth Development won at 2 minutes 11 seconds, with SJM Golden Lotus in second place and Wynn in third.
Macau’s Chief Executive Ho Iat-Seng attended the event to watch the races, performed the eye-dotting ceremony and presided over the prize presentations and closing ceremony, the statement underlined. The event’s prize-giving ceremony was also attended by Liaison Office Director Zheng Xincong, Foreign Ministry Commissioner Liu Xianfa, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, and Sports Bureau President Pun Weng Kun.
The dragon boat races were co-hosted by the Sports Bureau and the Dragon Boat Association of Macao, in conjunction with the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) and Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP). It was held at the Nam Van Lake Nautical Centre.
This handout photo provided by the Sports Bureau (ID) on Friday shows paddlers competing during the “2022 Macao International Dragon Boat Race” on Nam Van Lake earlier that day.
