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NANJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Over 300 rowers from 30 global universities competed in the 2025 Nanjing International Universities Rowing Open on the Qinhuai River in east China's Jiangsu Province last weekend.

New Zealand's University of Otago claimed the men's rowing championship, with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Tongji Worldunion Rowing Club ranking second and third, respectively.