Philippine Dragon Boat team nabs 5 gold, 2 silver medals at US tilt

The Philippine Dragon Boat team (the Dragon Warriors) dominated the 10th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Dragon Boat Championships held in Tampa Bay, Florida, United States.

The Philippine Dragon Boat team members

The Noypi paddlers earned a medal in every event they joined in the competition, bagging a total of 5 gold and 2 silver medals. ABS-CBN reported that the team broke the world records in all of the events that they won: the 1000-m men's event, the 200-m men's event, the 500-m men's event, the 200-m mixed event, and the 500-m mixed event.



This year's championships attracted teams from 17 different countries who competed in 18 competition classes. This is the second time that a U.S. city has hosted them. The next championships, in 2013, will be held in Iran.

Philippine Dragon Boat team wins 3rd gold, 1st silver medals at World Championships

The Philippine Dragon Boat team (a.k.a. the Dragon Warriors) has won its third gold at the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Dragon Boat Championships in Tampa Bay, Florida, United States on Saturday.

The Philippine Dragon Team Members

The Noypi paddlers stormed their way to victory in the 200-meter mixed event small boat division in a time of 57:07 seconds, leaving their rivals from Italy, Japan, and Trinidad and Tobago in awe.

The team previously won the first place in premier 200-meter mixed event and in the 1000-meter men's event where it set a new world record with the fastest time of four minutes and 57 seconds.

Meanwhile, aside from the three (3) golds, the Filipinos have also bagged their first silver medal in the premier 200-meter men's division event on Saturday.

The first World Championship Dragon Boat Racing was in 1995 at Yueyang, China and was organized by the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) . Since then, it is being held every after two years, a grand event that National athletes yearns among the IDBF members dare not to miss. The Dragon Warriors are the current defending champions of the event.