The world championship on swimming in a swamp Bashny.Net

Swim in the swamp with a mask and snorkel is a sport event which is to swim, trying to stay ahead of rivals a distance of 55 meters there and back in a water-filled moat.





Participants wear a tube in order to breathe. And fins – in order to be able to quickly move in the water. Hands in the ditch row is impossible. And in General it is forbidden. So the participants have to touch the bottom with your hands. Diligently helping himself with flippers.





Started these competitions in 1976 near the town Llanwrtyd wells (Wales). Since there is held in August each year. Very much the terrain there is suitable: peaty, swampy. To change the position makes no sense.





Currently, the championship attracts about 200 participants. In various categories – men, women, juniors... it is Curious that win and place high in the championship, mainly the players in underwater hockey. This is an interesting sport that is popular abroad. In the underwater ice hockey objective is to score the puck in underwater underwater the opponent's goal, not choking at the same time. Obviously, the skills learned in the underwater hockey when you swim in a flooded trench is simply irreplaceable.

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