Bamboo-pole water race makes a splash at Hainan ethnic sports games(1/7)

Competitors take part in the women's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the women's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the men's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the men's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the women's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the women's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

Competitors take part in the men's 60-meter straight race in the bamboo-pole water sport during the 8th Hainan Provincial Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, on Oct. 19, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)