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Agence France-Presse

Seven members of a dragon boat team drowned on Wednesday when their boat capsized off the Philippine island of Boracay as they trained for an international race, rescuers and colleagues said.
Large waves swamped and overturned the wooden boat off the tropical holiday resort island, killing four men and three women rowers at dawn, they said.
The boat capsized less than half a kilometre (a third of a mile) from the nearest beach.

“There are many rocks in the area so it’s possible they hit their head on them,” local disaster officer Catherine Ong Fulgencio said in a telephone interview.
Fourteen other team members, including a Chinese and a Russian woman, were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, Fulgencio added.
The Filipino victims were training for the Kaohsiung City Cup scheduled for the southern Taiwanese city in November, said team member Remedy Aquino, who was not aboard the boat.

Dragon boat racing is a popular sport in the Philippines and many parts of Asia, where 20 paddlers sit two abreast atop a long wooden 12-metre (39-foot) boat sandwiched by a cox who steers the vessel from the rear and a drummer in front.
From Africa to Europe, dragon boat races are spreading across the world
There was no storm battering the region and government forecasters said light to moderate winds were expected on Wednesday with generally calm seas, but weather in the region has been known to suddenly shift.
Last month, 31 people died when their two ferries capsized in the Iloilo Strait after being suddenly buffeted by fierce waves and winds off Guimaras and Iloilo provinces, not far from Boracay.
Additional reporting by AP


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Seven dragon boat rowers drown off Philippines’ Boracay island

Coast guard personnel move a survivor to an ambulance. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard Via AP

In this photo provided by Philippine Coast Guard in Manila, coast guard personnel carry a survivor to a waiting ambulance after being rescued from a capsized dragon boat off Boracay island resort Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in the central Philippines. The coast guard says seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat was suddenly lashed by strong waves and overturned in the central Philippines. (Philippine Coast Guard Via AP)

In this photo provided by Philippine Coast Guard in Manila, coast guard personnel carry a survivor to a waiting ambulance after being rescued from a capsized dragon paddle boat off Boracay island resort Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in the central Philippines. The coast guard says seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat was suddenly lashed by strong waves and overturned in the central Philippines. (Philippine Coast Guard Via AP)

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All Filipino Dynamo Dragon Boating Team photographed during a training session at Stanley Main Beach. 17MAR19 [FEATURE] SCMP / Nora Tam

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(180614) -- YICHANG, June 14, 2018 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a dragon boat race in Zigui County of central China's Hubei Province, June 14, 2018, to greet the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or June 18 this year, and is marked by eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats. (Xinhua/Lei Yong) (ly)

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Large waves rocked and overturned the boat, killing four men and three women, rescue workers said
Fourteen other team members, including a Chinese and a Russian woman, were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, a disaster officer said



Fourteen other team members, including a Chinese and a Russian woman, were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, a disaster officer said.
