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SHOT 7/29/2007 - Young and old alike from the Lao Buddhist Temple in Broomfield, Co. celebrate a championship in the youth division races of the 2007 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday. The youth team won two races in a row to take the championship in the double elimination format of the races while the adult division team lost in the championship. The sport of Dragon boat racing is over 2000 years old and features teams of 18 paddlers - nine men and nine women plus someone to steer the boat - all rowing in sync to the beat of a drum and racing to a flag 200 meters away on Sloan's Lake in Denver, Co. Founded in 2001 to celebrate Denver?s rich Asian Pacific American culture, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival has become the region?s fastest growing and most acclaimed new festival. Festival-goers get to explore the Asian culture through demonstrations, crafts, shopping, eating, and the growing sport of dragon boat racing. .(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007)

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SHOT 7/29/2007 - Young and old alike from the Lao Buddhist Temple in Broomfield, Co. celebrate a championship in the youth division races of the 2007 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday. The youth team won two races in a row to take the championship in the double elimination format of the races while the adult division team lost in the championship. The sport of Dragon boat racing is over 2000 years old and features teams of 18 paddlers - nine men and nine women plus someone to steer the boat - all rowing in sync to the beat of a drum and racing to a flag 200 meters away on Sloan's Lake in Denver, Co. Founded in 2001 to celebrate Denver?s rich Asian Pacific American culture, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival has become the region?s fastest growing and most acclaimed new festival. Festival-goers get to explore the Asian culture through demonstrations, crafts, shopping, eating, and the growing sport of dragon boat racing. .(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2007)