HK jumps for joy - and victory
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An unlikely contender has evolved into a global, organised competitive sport: rope skipping, or jump rope. Some Hong Kongers are incredibly adept at it, too. The World Rope Skipping Championships 2014 will take place in the city for the first time starting from tomorrow (July 28) – and 159 local athletes will compete with 1 000 others from around the world.
This is the largest delegation Hong Kong has ever sent to the championships, and it includes world record holders. Some of them demonstrated their skipping skills and expressed their aspirations to news.gov.hk.
The story appears on news.gov.hk today (July 27) in both text and video format.
Ends/Sunday, July 27, 2014
Issued at HKT 09:45
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