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Yolaine De Kerchove Dexaerde

‘It’s excruciating’: Welcome to Bavaria’s unusual finger wrestling championship

In the Bavarian village of Pflugdorf-Stadl, competitors gathered for Germany’s finger wrestling championships, a traditional Alpine sport requiring strength, technique and plenty of resilience.

Opponents hook their middle fingers into a small leather loop and pull with all their might, trying to drag each other across the table. Matches can last from a few seconds to nearly a minute.

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