Nearly 20,000 swimmers participated in the annual Sun Moon Lake mass swimming event on Sunday morning.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/09/24
By: George Liao,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Nearly 20,000 swimmers participated in an annual Sun Moon
Nearly 20,000 swimmers participated in an annual Sun Moon Lake mass swimming event in Nantou County, central Taiwan on Sunday morning. (By Central News Agency)
Lake mass swimming event in Nantou County, central Taiwan on Sunday morning.
Now in its 34th year, the cross-lake Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival event takes place around the Mid Autumn Festival every year and has attracted swimming enthusiasts from all over Taiwan and around the world to participate.
A total of 19,862 swimmers attempted the 3 km swim this year, including 896 foreign swimmers hailing from 36 countries, 243 physically challenged persons as well as Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou, who participated for the 5th time. [FULL STORY]
