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[[File:Wheelbarrow olympics site through sculpture.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Site of the 2011 games, through Genadie Popescu's wheelbarrow sculpture.]] |
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[[File:Girlsinwheelbarrow.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Girls have taken their place in the wheelbarrows as teams prepare for the race at the 11. games in 2011]] |
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[[File:Wheelbarrow olympics site.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Relaxing between two races, 2011.]] |
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[[File:Olympics wheelbarrow queues.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Rows of wheelbarrows used in a march following the 2011 games.]] |
[[File:Olympics wheelbarrow queues.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Rows of wheelbarrows used in a march following the 2011 games.]] |
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Revision as of 18:24, 16 May 2011
The Wheelbarrow Olympics (in Hungarian Talicskaolimpia) is an international sports event organized annually in Hosszúhetény village in Baranya county, Hungary. The participants compete individually and in teams, in several categories: solo, double, triple, sandwich and in speed and skill exercises.[1]
Foreign participants of the games have been from Croatia, Denmark, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and South Korea. The games are linked with cultural programmes including concerts and dance performances.
The XI. Wheelbarrow Olympics was held on May 13-14.
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External links
- Wheelbarrow Olympics video
- Doubles at the 2011 Games
- Girls in the wheelbarrow, 2011
- Artist Genadie Popescu on the first wheelbarrow olympics sculpture in the world, exhibited at the 2011 Games
- A XI. Hetényi Talicskaolimpia on Facebook
- Website (part English, part Hungarian)
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