Swimmers brave soggy waters for bog snorkeling championships

Thomson Reuters
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Aug 30 (Reuters) - Wearing colorful wigs and quirky costumes, competitive swimmers took to soggy waters at the weekend for the World Bog Snorkeling Championships.

Participants, dressed as mermaids, Spider-Man or even wearing boat or toilet seat replicas on their backs, swam two lengths of a weed-filled 60-yard (55m) trench as fast as they could. The wet weather did little to dampen spirits at the event, held annually in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells.

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World Bog Snorkelling Championships hit UK
World Bog Snorkelling Championships hit UK

Dan Norman, 18, took this year's title with a time of 1:26 minutes. Swedish swimmer Anna Lohman was the speediest amongst the women competitors with a time of 1:33 minutes.

(Reporting By Reuters Television)

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