Annual Hong Kong Cross Harbour Race kicks off
發佈日期: 2025-11-22 22:14
TVB News
The Hong Kong Cross Harbour Race took place this morning.
Hong Kong team representatives Keith Sin and Nip Tsz-yin won the men's and women's events respectively.
National Games' gold medallist Siobhan Haughey placed second in the women's race.
The chilly temperature this morning did little to affect swimmers participating in this year's Cross Harbour Race as they waited by the shore at the Wan Chai Promenade.
Several recognisable swimmers were spotted among the crowd, including Olympic silver medallist Siobhan Haughey, who also secured two golds and two bronzes at the recent National Games.
Today's occasion marked her first time participating in the annual event.
Even without a starting block, Haughey propelled into the air with ease.
As per tradition, the path of the one-kilometre race starts from Wan Chai's Golden Bauhinia Square and ends at Tsim Sha Tsui's Avenue of Stars.
Placing first in the women's event was Hong Kong team representative Nip Tsz-yin, who completed the race in 19 minutes and 18 seconds.
Haughey was just 30 seconds behind taking second place.
The National Games gold medallist stressed the difference between the open sea and a swimming pool, adding that she kept on swimming without knowing where the end of the race was.
Nip, meanwhile, said she had the advantage of swimming often in the sea.
Coming in first for the men's event was Hong Kong team representative Keith Sin at 17 minutes and 48 seconds.
This as the event continued to include a "leisure" category allowing 3,700 swimmers to take part in the race in a less competitive environment.
Some participants were as young as 12 years old.
This youngster said the waves were quite strong today and he was occasionally bumped into by older swimmers, but was encouraged to join the race by his family.
And this swimmer from Shenzhen said he was glad to participate this year after the event was cancelled last year owing to a typhoon.
