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Article: Higher, Faster, Stranger; As the Olympics end we bring you the Odd-lympics..(Features)
- Article from:
- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2004
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Byline: MATT GLASS
THE Athens Games end today, but cheer up - we've come up with our Alternative Olympics. Sports like Camel Wrestling and Cattle Calling make Dodgeball, the new movie starring Ben Stiller (right) look normal! Here MATT GLASS looks at other weird games that share the Games' Higher, Faster, Stronger motto...
SWAMP FOOTBALL
QUITE simply, soccer played in a swamp! This wacky sport was invented by Finnish skiers who wanted to work their leg muscles in non-snowy conditions.
Now it even has its own World Cup, the first of which took place in 1998.
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January 18, 2002 ;
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... ... Scandinavian traditions. Thus the eternally haunting The Day Dawns was given a nod to its possible Norse ancestry by Moller's cattle-calling prelude on cowhorn. Moller also provided some diverting excursions on willow flute and on harmonica, the latter sounding ...
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