Matsu leads record number of swimmers in swim across Sun Moon Lake

A wooden boat carrying a statuette of Matsu, the Goddess of the Sea, joined a record number of swimmers in crossing Taiwan's largest fresh water lake Sunday in an annual mass swimming event.

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