Aprroching Typhoon Ragasa intensifies rafting competition
Aprroching Typhoon Ragasa intensifies rafting competition
2025-09-22
Typhoon Ragasa has now made its way to Southern Taiwan, affecting a National Games competition held in the north. Despite the heavy rain, a whitewater rafting competition in Yilan went on as usual. Not only was the competition made more challenging for participants, spectators also had to watch out, lest their tents get blown away. Fortunately, no casualties were reported and the game concluded successfully.
Rain and wind lashes at participants at the National Games’ whitewater rafting competition. The game is still on, even with Typhoon Ragasa fast approaching.
The sport is already challenging in itself, having to navigate the raft pass obstacles in rough waters. It’s even more so with the heavy rainstorm. One participant almost had their raft toppled.
While the participants braved the storm, spectators are also on high alert.
The tent next to us was already blown off
so now we’re doing our best
to hold down our tent.
The heavy rainstorms have toppled an entire row of tents for spectators. As with those that are still in place, people are holding on to the metal bars to try and keep them in place.
A quick glance shows that at least six tents were already toppled and fallen into the fields, leaving spectators no choice but to retrieve them and prop them up again.
Lena
Spectator
There were lots of people there. The tents suddenly toppled. Everyone’s helping out. They’ve all come here.
The whitewater rafting competition on Monday took place on Annong River in Yilan’s Sanxing Township. The heavy rainstorm brought in by the typhoon’s periphery was a challenge for participants, organizers and spectators alike. It had to be paused many times throughout the game.
Iyun Dado
Participant
During the competition, when the wind gets too strong or the rain gets too heavy, the organizer will pause. The tents over there got blown into the field. That area happened to be where the judges are. The competition was concluded in the end, but there were some delays.
Fortunately, no one was injured during the game, which ended successfully. It’s clearly a memorable afternoon for everyone present.
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樺加沙挾強風! 宜蘭激流比賽 選手險翻船.整排帳篷被翻
2025-09-22
樺加沙颱風靠近南台灣，北台灣的宜蘭，舉辦體育賽事也遭到波及。宜蘭今天(週一)下起大雨，讓在三星鄉舉辦的全運會激流比賽，狀況不斷！現場一整排帳蓬，被狂風吹倒，有的甚至掉進田裡！比賽過中，主辦單位還好幾度喊暫停，也有選手差點翻船。
又是風、又是雨，全運會激流比賽，即便受到樺加沙颱風外圍環流影響，還是如常舉行，但難度大幅增加！
比賽要在湍急的河流中，穿過重重障礙，本身就有難度，這回碰上強風豪雨遮擋視線，過程中，有人差點翻船！
場內，選手們想辦法克服氣候帶來的挑戰，場外，也因為颱風靠近，發生了插曲！
“隔壁的帳篷已經被吹翻了
所以我們現在
大家幫忙壓帳篷”
突如其來的狂風豪雨，把比賽場地旁的一整排帳篷吹翻。大家驚慌之餘，趕緊用雙手抓住鐵桿，以免帳棚二度吹翻。
放眼望去，至少有六頂帳篷，承受不了狂風侵襲，倒栽蔥被吹進了田裡，大夥只能捲起褲管，跳進田裡把帳棚扶到路面。突如其來的意外，讓當時在場的民眾，嚇出一身冷汗！
[[民眾 Lena]]
“那邊本來很多人，(帳篷)突然被吹垮了，大家都幫忙，大家都跑來這邊了”
宜蘭三星鄉安農溪，輕艇激流標桿國際競賽場，週一舉辦全運會激流標桿比賽，碰上颱風外圍環流，帶來強勁風雨！不僅考驗選手，更是考驗主辦單位，過程中數度喊卡！
[[選手 依勇達多]]
“在比的過程中，如果風太大或雨太大，大會就有說要先暫停，剛好那邊的帳篷，就被吹到田裡面，剛好那一區，好像是大會裁判區，所以後來是如期完成，但有延遲一點點時間”
比賽突如其來的插曲，還好沒人受傷，選手們也如期完成比賽，整個過程，不僅讓大家印象深刻，也感受到了颱風的威力。
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