The world's first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night.

世界首次横渡大西洋的气球比赛昨晚在混乱中结束了。

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In 2004 one of my most consistent young birds, in the few RACES that he had, began to blow out like a balloon around his neck area just prior to being sent to his last race.

2004年在我那些忠诚的小鸽子里，有一只小雨点在它为数不多的几项赛事中，尤其被送往最后赛程前，鸽子颈部突然鼓起一个小气囊来。

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The Wiltshire-based explorer David Hempleman-Adams is out of the 56th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race.

BBC: Wiltshire

Wiltshire explorer David Hempleman-Adams has had a good start in the Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race and is currently in fourth place.

BBC: David Hempleman-Adams' gas balloon 'flying well' in race

At 12:15 BST on Monday the lead balloon in the race is the American USA-2 - which has travelled 1298.93km (807m).

BBC: Wiltshire