Canoe(Dragon Boat)

Sport Overview
A dragon boat crew consists of 10 or 20 rowers, a coxswain and a drummer. In order to win the race, the whole crew must muster its strength and move in perfect synchronicity.
Event
Gender | Event | Grade | Age Categories |
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Women | Small (10) | - | 30+,40+,50+ |
Standard (20) | - | 30+,40+,50+ | |
Mixed | Small (10) | - | 30+,40+,50+ |
Standard (20) | - | 30+,40+,50+ | |
Open | Small (10) | - | 30+,40+,50+ |
Standard (20) | - | 30+,40+,50+ |
*Regarding the gender categories;
・For open teams there are no gender limitations (including steerer and drummer).
・A mixed team must contain a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 female paddlers (The drummer and steerer do not fall into the team’s gender category). For small boat race, this shall be 4 to 6 females.
・A Women’s team must be composed of 100% female participants, including paddlers and drummers. (The steerer can be of any gender.)
* Regarding the age categories;
・The age of the youngest paddler in the team will determine team's age category (the ages of the drummer and steerer are not taken into consideration).
・The age category entered must be either the actual age category or a younger age category.
Eligibility
Nothing in particular. Provided, however, that persons with heart disease wearing a pacemaker are not allowed to participate for to avoid sudden physical burden.
Those who apply individually will be randomly assigned to a team by the executive committee.
【Age Requirement】
Minimum age is 30 (born on or before 31 December 1991)
In line with the sport-specific rules, an athlete must compete in their designated age group, with your age determined as at 31 December 2021. For example, if you are 39 during Games time but have turned 40 by 31 December 2021, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
* Paddlers , drummers , steerers , all players must be at least 30 years old.
Sport News
[Mar.5th,2020]Updated '9 Age Requirement' of Sports Information Guide.
[Dec.26th,2019]Updated '12 Registration Fee' and '14 Notes on Participation(How to apply for rental equipment)' of Sports Information Guide.
Sports Information Guide
Schedule
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14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |||
Canoe | Marathon | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Kumihama Bay Canoe Stadium
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Sprint | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Tsuburo Lake Canoe Stadium
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Slalom | ● | ● |
Naka River Wajiki Rhine
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Polo | ● | ● | ● |
Onzui Lake Canoe Course
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Dragon Boat | ● | ● |
Biwako Motor Racing Course
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※The above schedule was created based on the information that is current as of June 5th, 2020. It is subject to change due to various circumstances in the future.
Venue
Biwako Motor Racing Course
Location | 1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu, Shiga | ||
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Games Accreditation | ― | Sports Check-in | ○ |
Access | ・15minutes walking from Otsukyo Sta. ・15minutes by car from Meishin Expressway “Otsu”Interchange |
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Official Homepage | https://www.boatrace-biwako.jp/modules/access |
Sport Check-in
【Reception date and time】
Friday, 28 May 2021, 9:00 – 15:00
【Reception place】
Biwako Motor Boat Racing Course 1st floor of the competition headquarters
(1-1 Chagasaki, Otsu, Shiga 520-0023)
【Remarks】
The representative shall make the entry and the crew list and their IDs shall be verified.
Nearest Village
Masters Village
Masters Village Shiga
Location | 2-1 Hamacho, Otsu City, Shiga 520-0041 |
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Access | ・From BiwakoHamaotsuStation, please proceed toward BiwakoHotel through HamaotsuSkyCross (pedestrian deck) . HamaotsuA-qusis situated next to BiwakoHotel. ・From JR Otsu Station, Please go straight along Chuo-Odoriand Biwakohotel will be located 5traffic lights away from then. HamaotsuA-quswill be located to the west. |
Official Homepage | http://www.a-qus.com/ |
Sports Equipment Rental
Life jackets (floating vests) need to be prepared by the athletes in principle, however, the organizer rents out some life jackets at the race site with the following conditions.
Contact the organizer at the race site on the race day (pay the fee if you need a manually inflatable life jacket)
. Receive and return the life jacket for each race. Please follow the instruction of the organizer.
Sports Equipment | Non-inflatable life jacket (within chest size 105cm, weight 90kgs) |
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Rental Fee | free of charge. |
Place |
Sports Equipment | Manually inflatable life jacket (bigger than above body size) |
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Rental Fee | 2,000 yen per day. |
Place |
Sports Equipment | Rental Fee | Place |
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Non-inflatable life jacket (within chest size 105cm, weight 90kgs) | free of charge. | |
Manually inflatable life jacket (bigger than above body size) | 2,000 yen per day. |