渥太华举办首届冰上龙舟锦标赛
The first World Club Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships (WCCIC) of International Ice Dragon Boat Federation (IIDBF) was held Saturday in Dows Lake, Ottawa.
第一届世界冰上龙舟俱乐部锦标赛周六在渥太华道斯湖举行。
Altogether 125 teams are competing during the championships, a main part of the 2019 Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival, against a temperature as low as minus 16 degrees celsius in the presence of thousands of people.
The teams are from Britain, Canada, China, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, South Korea, Ukraine and the United States.
"It has really become one of the largest and the most appealing winter events in the world," said Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye, adding that cultural exchange leads to deep contact between countries and peoples.
The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa has been supporting the serial championships since its inception in 2017.
"It was amazing. Everybody's having fun," Ivan Chase from Salt Lake City of the United States told Xinhua.