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The International Dragon Boat Race which ended on Sunday (21/10) in Carang River, Tanjung Pinang was successfully won by a team from Bekasi named Koarmada. Koarmada has successfully maintained its champion title for two consecutive years. In this year’s championship, Koarmada which is the Indonesian Navy sent two teams. With the time record 2 minutes and 39.18 seconds, the Koarmada team 1 defeated his co-team, Koarmada team 2. The second Koarmada finished with the time record 2 minutes and 40.59 seconds. Meanwhile, the Malaysian MJB team won the third position as it was left one minute behind the Koarmada team 2. Coach of the Koarmada teams, Capt. Rusell Tambunan said that the victory was achieved through hard work of his teams which kept practicing consistently and do not underestimate their rivals.

“All teams are very qualified and from the beginning, we have reminded that there is no one being the most superior or the weakest one. We should not underestimate the other teams or become overconfident. We believe that every team is equal and appropriate to compete with us,” said Russel.

Rusell further said that Carang River as the spot for the International Dragon Boat Race 2018 has strong stream that could be overcomeby his athletes. Held from 19^th to 21^st of October, the International Dragon Boat Race was participated in by 44 teams. 10 of them were foreign teams. Malaysia was the toughest foreign competitor with 7 teams, while Brunei Darussalam sent 2 teams, lastly Singapore with 1 one team. (Nuke/Trans: AL)