Swimmers race across Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay

Hundreds of competitors took part in the swimming race in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong (Kin Cheung/AP)

More than a thousand men and women plunged into the cool water of Hong Kong’s Victoria Bay on Sunday morning, competing to see who could swim the fastest across the harbour in open water.

The New World Harbour Race, which had been suspended for the past two years due to the pandemic and the 2019 anti-government protests, was held on Sunday with a limited field of 1,200 swimmers.