Changsha City, Hunan Province, central China - April 21, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of men's professional 22-man 100 meters dragon boat race
2. Various of slow motion replay
3. Various of women's youth 12-man 500 meters dragon boat race
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wei Wei, referee, dragon boat tournament (partially overlaid with shots 5-6):
"We've come a long way after 50 tournaments in eight or nine years, gradually building up a very professional tournament with standardized formats and rules, and live broadcast."
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5. Various of race
6. Various of winners on podium
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7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) He Yi, secretary general, China Dragon Boat Association:
"We've always been wanting to introduce China's traditional culture to the outside world with our dragon boat tournament, and to make this dragon boat race an international tournament in the future."
8. Dragon boat teams on river

The 50th China Longzhou (Dragon Boat) Tournament went into its finals on Sunday in central Chinese city of Changsha.

Fifty teams, 1,130 athletes competed in the tournament, which produced its all 15 champions in Sunday's competition. Liaocheng University became the big winner in the youth category, winning all six programs. In the professional category, Jiujiang Shuangzheng and Nanchang Xiaolanhushan together won five out of the six champions.

Dragon boat race is deeply rooted in Chinese culture and is often linked with celebration of the traditional festival of Duan Wu. In recent years however it has gradually morphed into a professional competitive sport in the country.

Beginning in 2011, the China Longzhou Tournament has made tremendous progress in its 50 runs. The organizers are aiming at developing the tournament into an international event in the years to come.

"We've come a long way after 50 tournaments in eight or nine years, gradually building up a very professional tournament with standardized formats and rules, and live broadcast," said Wei Wei, a referee of the race.

"We've always been wanting to introduce China's traditional culture to the outside world with our dragon boat tournament, and to make this dragon boat race an international tournament in the future," said He Yi, secretary general of the China Dragon Boat Association.