Chinese and Russian dragon boats battle it out on the ice

Video. Chinese and Russian dragon boats battle it out on the ice

Competitors from across northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and Russia on Friday battled it out in a dragon boat race on ice.

Competitors from across northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and Russia on Friday battled it out in a dragon boat race on ice.

The event was the first of its kind in Jiayin County in China's Heilongjiang Province.

A total of three teams from Russia and 14 representing different regions in Heilongjiang competed on the 100-metre-long ice track. 

Participants sat on the dragon boats, using ice pitons as their paddles to go forward.

Spectators greeted the spectacle with a chorus of excited screams and cheers, despite the bone-chilling cold.

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