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Otago Win Big In China

May 5, 2009

Otago University have won the 2009 Xinjin Water City International University Rowing Regatta in China. Otago beat Sydney (AUS), Trinity College (USA) and Peking University (CHN) in the final in front of a crowd of over 100,000. The B Final was contested by Yale (USA), Milan (Itlay) Copenhagen (Denmark), Tsinghua (China). The event was staged amid much fanfare as a part of a local dragon boat festival which was screened nationwide in China on state television.

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The Crew With Their Trophy

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