DRAGON BOAT 2000
雙料冠軍！

In order to provide foreign students with an opportunity to thoroughly understand the Dragon Boat festival and associated customs, the Center of Chinese Language and Culture sponsored approximately 50 representatives to participate in men's and women's dragon boat racing competitions. During the months of April and May participants did workouts to build strength and practice rowing. This year's team members came from America, England, Scotland, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Panama, Israel, Brazil, Bolivia, the Czech Republic, and Canada (15 countries total). Even though the team members spoke different languages, they all spoke the language of dragon boating. During the workouts and the competitions, everyone cooperated and worked together, concentrating on their performance; and as expected, they did very well at the competitions!

The CCLC men's team beats the Singapore team in the international division finals of the 2000 Taipei International Dragon Boat Race Championships. (PHOTO COURTESY OF YEH MING-YUAN)
The CCLC men's team beats the Singapore team in the international division finals of the 2000 Taipei International Dragon Boat Race Championships. (PHOTO COURTESY OF YEH MING-YUAN)

At the 2000 Taipei City International Dragon Boat Race Competition held from June 9-11, both the men's and women's teams won the championship in the international division. The CCLC's mixed team placed 5th overall in the mixed team division. The men's team placed 5th overall in the men's division and the women's team won 2nd place overall in the women's division.

At the Taipei County Congressional Cup Dragon Boat Races held June 4 & 6, the men's team won the championship in the university division and the women's team placed third in the institution division.

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