Dragon boat racing requires not only speed but also stability. Once you lose your balance and capsize, it practically means you have lost. After all, the participants are mostly young and strong, so while skill is not entirely useless, the gap in ability is already very small.
However, there is one scenario where capsizing does not matter at all: when everyone is terrible and constantly capsizing. In that case, the competition is no longer about who is fast, but about who does not capsize, who capsizes the least, and who can right their boat and set off again the fastest after going over.
Consequently, at the starting line, a crowd was shouting and roaring.
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