Man dies after suspected drowning at Peng Chau open water swimming race

Skip to content A 58-year-old New Zealand man has died after he was suspected of drowning while taking part in the Peng Chau Challenge Open Water Swim Race on Thursday. View from Finger Hill on Peng Chau Island Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. He was rescued in the waters off Tung Wan Beach and taken to Peng Chau Clinic, police told HKFP on Thursday. He was then airlifted to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police received a report at around 12:21pm about a man falling unconscious. Responders performed CPR with an automated chest compression device. The National Day series, organised by Event Horizons, involves three challenges: a 5.5km, 3.4km and 1.7km swim around the outlying island. Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. File Photo: GovHK. Its website suggests that inflatable safety buoys were mandatory during the race. HKFP has reached out to Event Horizons for comment. Safeguard press freedom; keep HKFP free for all readers by supporting our team Support HKFP | Policies & Ethics | Error/typo? | Contact | Newsletter | Transparency & Annual Report | Apps Make a one-off donation. Tom founded Hong Kong Free Press in 2015 as the city's first crowdfunded newspaper. He has a BA in Communications and New Media from Leeds University and an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. He previously founded an NGO advocating for domestic worker rights, and has contributed to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Al-Jazeera and others. Tom leads HKFP – raising funds, managing the team and navigating risk – whilst regularly speaking on press freedom, ethics and media funding at industry events, schools and conferences around the world. More by Tom Grundy