Debutant Lee Kuang-hsin shatters record to win Cross Penghu Bay Swim

Taipei, June 22 (CNA) First-time competitor Lee Kuang-hsin (李光鑫) slashed 23 minutes off the men's 5,000-meter record to claim victory in the 23rd Cross Penghu Bay Swim's marquee race Sunday.

Lee led from start to finish, completing the crossing from Daguoye Columnar Basalt on Xiyu Island to Guanyin Temple on Penghu's main island in 1 hour, 17 minutes and 51 seconds

Spain's Jose Luis Larrosa, Asia manager for the international Oceanman open water swimming series, placed second with a time of 1:23:10.

In the women's 5,000m swim, Kuo Jia-chi (郭家齊) claimed her third consecutive title, finishing in 1:36:11.

The event also featured a 5,000m stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) race, which was won by Taiwan's Wang Yu-yeh (王宇燁) in the men's event with 38 minutes and 48 seconds and Huang Tzu-yen (黃子晏) in the women's event in under 40 minutes.

More than 2,300 took to the water for the two-day multisport festival, which began on Saturday with 600 amateur swimmers braving changing currents and jellyfish to make the 500m crossing of Penghu Bay.