Hong Kong welcomes back Asian Open Water Swimming Championships after 12 years
- City has also awarded government funding for visit of Atletico Madrid and is to host international sailing
Hong Kong will see the return of the Asian Open Water Swimming Championships after a 12-year hiatus as the Hong Kong China Swimming Association (HKGSA) will organise the New World Harbour Race on November 10.
Meanwhile, the city has awarded government funding to this week’s visit of Spanish football club Atletico Madrid and is to host international sailing at the end of the year.
The New World Harbour Race will consist of both racing and leisure groups, with a maximum 4,000 swimmers making waves from the Golden Bauhinia Square public pier in Wan Chai to Tsim Sha Tsui’s Avenue of Stars.
The racing groups include the Open Group and the 11th Asian Open Water Swimming Championships, which returns for the first time since 2012. Each Asian country or region can send up to three male and three female representatives to participate in the five-kilometre race.
The leisure race will see the introduction of a new “companion” arrangement, allowing leisure swimmers to swim alongside their family or friends.
Registration will open at 11am on August 6 and closes on August 26.
