14th WDBRC: Day 5 - Standard Boat 500m Premier Open

Canada, Lane 3 China, Lane 3, Lane 4 Thailand, Lane 5 USA and Lane 6 Italy. Once more Taipei, Canada, China, Thailand, USA and Italy to the line. This is the grand final. It's the last race of the 14th IDBF World Dragon Boat Championships in Pattaya. Brought to you live. This is real action, live and electrifying. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the grand final of the 500-meter race. 20-year-old standard boat. Premium Open. Age and gender are not limited on the boat. 20-year-old and one competitor, one challenger. This is the last show. These 6 dragons are the best in the world. Taipei, Canada, China, Thailand, USA and Italy. The Australians off to a very good start. There you see the Australian, the China team. It's getting faster and faster. China and Canada are doing very well. Let's see if they can keep up. The Thai team is going to have a hard time. The excitement is just too much. The yellow team is China. China is off to a very good start, followed by the Thailand team and Lane 4 and then the USA team in Lane 5. This is exciting stuff as China chases forward in yellow. Bright yellow and red. China, China, China. Canada, USA and Thailand, as hard as they can. But the Chinese are holding on. They are looking strong and it's fierce. The Thai crew not standing back and the Thai crew up for the challenge. The yellow team, China, just broke a world record yesterday and now they are charging towards the finish line. Can the Thai crew keep up or is the Chinese crew just too strong? Let's see as they go into the last 100 metres. Thailand opening up now. China, an immaculate paddling from China there. Yesterday they broke the world record. Now today they cross the finish line first for a gold medal in the Premier Open.