Athletes still have a week of restrictions when they arrive in Hong Kong
The 2023 World Dragon Boat Racing Championships could be moved from Hong Kong because the sport’s global federation is concerned about the city keeping its Covid-19 quarantine requirements in place, according to a Hong Kong lawmaker.
Arrivals in Hong Kong must undergo quarantine in a designated hotel, with the duration having recently been reduced from seven days to three plus four days of monitoring.
Discussion of Hong Kong’s ability to host sporting competitions has centred on whether the quarantine requirement will remain in place and whether some events can instead take place in a “closed loop” – the format used for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and potentially an alternative to quarantine.
But the organisers of the dragon boat championships are already…
