The Tsinghua crew team took the championship in Tsinghua vs. Cambridge International Boat Race, held on the Hutuo River of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital of Hebei, on October 2.

Competing against Cambridge University (UK), Tsinghua won the 2,000m men’s eight-oars with coxswain event. The wining time was 6 minutes and 19 seconds.

Other events following the race included the 2,000m women’s single sculls, 2,000m men’s double sculls, and the 2,000m men’s single kayak.

Professor Zhang Zaixing, senior administrator of Tsinghua University, attended the opening ceremony.

The Tsinghua vs. Cambridge International Boat Race was held by the Shijiazhuang Municipal People’s Government of Hebei Province, along with Shijiazhuang Municipal Sports Bureau and Beijing Jiankun International Rowing Club.

This was the second competition between the crew teams of Tsinghua and Cambridge since the year 2000.

Reported by Li Han