Thursday, 24 September: The Chinese Motorboat Association has confirmed six riders representing the Chinese Motorboat Team will compete in round 3 of the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship at the Grand Prix of China in Liuzhou on 3-4 October.

Of the six two have competed on the UIM-ABP tour in Liuzhou before, four are making their tour debut; thirty-one-year-old Liu Yicheng from Liuzhou, Guangxi raced in 2013 and will join a provisional line up of 19 in Runabout GP1 and is joined by countryman and Hangzhou, Zhejiang resident Wang Minglu, with 21-year-old Yue Nixin from Wuhan, Hubei making her third start in Ski Ladies in three years, her best was second overall in 2013.

Wang Xiaowei from Hefei, Anhui lines up in Ski GP1, with two Freestylers Ma Youle and Liu He also from Hefei, Anhui facing the tough prospect of facing World Champion winning brothers Nac and Rok Florjancic and the newly crowned European Champion Roberto Mariani.