The events at the London Olympic Games might have kept millions of viewers glued緊盯 to their screens, but to the inhabitants居民 of Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales they seemed a little mundane世俗的.
The town is hosting its own version of the Games, which challenge competitors競爭對手 just that little bit extra. The sprinters短跑運動員 have to race in three-inch high heels高跟鞋, the long distance runners have to go backwards and the hockey teams have to play underwater. Thousands of competitors from around the world will participate in 35 events over a two-week period.
The town has been organising組織 quirky詭詐的 sporting events for over 30 years. It all started with the man versus horse marathon – a gruelling嚴罰 race that pits 600 runners and 50 horses and their riders against each other over 22 miles of rugged崎嶇, Welsh mountain terrain地形. The horses are generally quicker, but human runners have won on two occasions場合 in the race's history.
In true Olympic spirit精神, this year the organisers are welcoming other quirky sports from around the world, including wife carrying and Russian egg roulette – where competitors take it in turns to smash粉碎 a batch of six boiled煮沸 eggs against their foreheads額頭; the loser is the unlucky one who gets the raw egg in the batch.
The town is hosting its own version of the Games, which challenge competitors競爭對手 just that little bit extra. The sprinters短跑運動員 have to race in three-inch high heels高跟鞋, the long distance runners have to go backwards and the hockey teams have to play underwater. Thousands of competitors from around the world will participate in 35 events over a two-week period.
The town has been organising組織 quirky詭詐的 sporting events for over 30 years. It all started with the man versus horse marathon – a gruelling嚴罰 race that pits 600 runners and 50 horses and their riders against each other over 22 miles of rugged崎嶇, Welsh mountain terrain地形. The horses are generally quicker, but human runners have won on two occasions場合 in the race's history.
In true Olympic spirit精神, this year the organisers are welcoming other quirky sports from around the world, including wife carrying and Russian egg roulette – where competitors take it in turns to smash粉碎 a batch of six boiled煮沸 eggs against their foreheads額頭; the loser is the unlucky one who gets the raw egg in the batch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/08/120821_witn_alternative_games.shtml
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