Photos: Competitors get down and dirty at Britain's bog snorkeling championships

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Photos: Competitors get down and dirty at Britain's bog snorkeling championships

Annual event sees competitors race in water-filled trench cut through a peat bog

Published: August 28, 2023 14:20 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor and with inputs from AP

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333511-01-02 — London: Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships. Image Credit: AFP

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333475-01-02 — The annual competition in the tiny town of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, sees competitors race to complete two lengths of a 60-yard (55 meter) water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. Image Credit: AFP

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333472-01-02 — They can use flippers on their feet, but conventional swimming strokes are banned. Image Credit: AFP

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333497-01-02 — A competitor dressed as Alice from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Image Credit: AFP

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333474-01-02 — Some contestants accessorized their snorkels, masks and flippers with more flamboyant touches -- one carried a giant plastic toad on their head, another had a bathing cap adorned with flowers. Image Credit: AFP

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334885-01-02 — Spectators also got in on the fun, with two wearing pink cardboard boxes proclaiming them to be limited edition bog-snorkeling Barbie and Ken. Image Credit: AFP

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334002-01-02 — Competitor Louise Palmer dressed as Barbie. Image Credit: AFP

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333473-01-02 — Competitors at the 35th annual contest were hoping to beat the time of current world record-holder Neil Rutter, who won in 1 minute, 18 seconds in 2018. Image Credit: AFP

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