Over 24,000 swimmers take part in annual Sun Moon Lake swim fest

Taipei, Sept. 28 (CNA) Over 24,000 swimmers from 35 nations took half within the 2025 Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival in Nantou County on Sunday, organizers mentioned.

Participants within the annual occasion entered the water early within the morning to swim the roughly 3-kilometer distance from Chaowu Pier on the lake’s northern finish to Ita Thao Pier within the south.

Now in its forty third 12 months, the competition for the primary time allowed seniors aged 75 to 79 to take part, however required such candidates to offer well being paperwork and be accompanied by a professional lifeguard.

Two seniors met the standards, together with former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), aged 75.

Speaking on the occasion, Ma mentioned that it was his twelfth time taking part within the swimming carnival.

He mentioned he joined the occasion yearly “to stay fit, which is the most important purpose.”

In whole, 24,736 folks registered for this 12 months’s swim, together with 361 overseas nationals from 35 nations and 130 folks with bodily disabilities, organizers mentioned.

Meanwhile, Nantou County Magistrate Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華) inspired the general public to look at “Second Life” (突破:三千米的泳氣), a movie about seven visually impaired folks difficult themselves by swimming throughout Sun Moon Lake. The movie will premiere on Friday.

The Sun Moon Lake International Swimming Carnival was acknowledged by the Olympic Committee as the biggest swimming occasion on this planet in 1995, and formally inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2002, in response to its official web site.