世界古怪运动大盘点

The following sports go beyond the boundaries of unusualsportswhenitcomestorulesandequipment.

从个人的角度来看，职业联赛以外的一些运动堪称怪异。北美洲人不太喜欢板球，有些南美洲人连曲棍球也没有听说过。

从规则和设备而言，以下这些运动可谓比不寻常“更不寻常”。

In Wales， there’s a famous race called the Man Versus Horse Marathon. A cross country course is laid out， and human competitorspittheir stamina against that of a posse of chosen horses. Thecourseis22 mileslongwith manynatural obstacles to overcome. The ultimate aim is to run the course and beat the first horse. This was recently done for the first timebyaman whohad been training especially for the event. Hewon alargecash prize—aprize that’s been getting bigger everyyear.

人马对阵的终极测试

威尔士有一项著名的比赛叫“人马马拉松”。在这项比赛中，人类选手要在设计好的越野赛道上和一群经过挑选的马比耐力。比赛全程为22英里（约为35.4千米），中途要克服许多天然障碍。最终目标是要跑完全程，并且击败跑在最前面的马匹。最近，终于有一名专门为这项比赛进行过特训的男子夺得了人类的第一次胜利。他赢得了一大笔奖金，因为这笔奖金每年都会累积。

Even though it does seem kind of gross， bog snorkelling is a sporting event where competitors swim in a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers and can only complete the course by swimming with their flippers and not using traditional swimmingtechniques.TheWorldBogSnorkelling Championships take place every August in a dense peat bog nearLlanwrtydWells.

与众不同的游泳比赛

沼泽潜水虽然看起来脏兮兮的，不过它仍是一种体育比赛。参赛者们要在泥沼里一条灌满水的沟渠内潜泳。他们必须戴上通气管和脚蹼，而且只能用脚蹼游完全程，不能使用传统的游泳技术。每年八月，人们都会在威尔士拉努蒂德韦尔斯镇附近一个浓稠的泥沼里举行世界沼泽潜水锦标赛。

A popular activity for children， toe wrestling is now acompetitive sport. The World Toe Wrestling Competition first started at a pub in Derbyshire， UK， in 1976. Locals thought it would be a great idea to hold a competition where individualslock toestogether and force their opponent’s foot totheground.

好好利用你的脚趾

脚趾摔跤这种很受儿童欢迎的游戏，现在已经成为一种竞技运动。1976年，世界脚趾摔跤比赛诞生于英国德比郡的一间酒吧内。当地人觉得，“举办脚趾摔跤比赛，让参赛者的脚趾对掰，把对方的脚扳倒在地”这个主意很不错。

Octopush（also known as underwater hockey） is a non-contact sport where two teams compete to maneuver a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool and into“goals”. Just like hockey but underwater， the game has actually become popular in countries like the UK， Australia， Canada， NewZealandandSouthAfrica.

水下运动新境界

水中曲棍球是一种非接触式运动，由两支球队争夺操控游泳池底的冰球，把它送进球门。它和曲棍球差不多，只是换成在水下进行。在英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰和南非等国家，这项运动已经风靡起来了。

Extreme ironing was invented in 1997 by Phil Shaw. The sport basically involves doing the most boring chore in the world—ironing—in a remote or dangerous location. Those who participate in extreme ironing are called ironists and spend their free time lugging their ironing boards and irons around the world， whilst their loving partner carries a camera （and hopefully a first aid kit） in an attempt to capture theirironingstunt.

高难度熨烫衬衫

1997年，菲尔·肖发明了极限熨烫。这种运动基本上就是在偏远和危险的地点做世界上最无聊的家务活———熨衣服。参加极限熨烫运动的人叫做“熨烫玩家”，闲暇时就拖着自己的烫衣板和熨斗到处跑，他们的爱侣则会扛上照相机（或许还有一个急救箱），以便拍下他们的熨烫特技。

If you’re looking for a sport that combines using your strength as well as intelligence， then chess boxing is for you. The sport is a combination of boxing and chess with the different games alternating after each round. A match between two individuals lasts up to eleven rounds， starting with a four minutes chess round and followed by two minutes of boxing. The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organizationwhosemottois：“Fightingisdonein theringand warsarewagedontheboard.”

手脑并用

如果你正在寻找一种需要力量又需要智慧的运动，那么象棋拳击正是你要找的东西。这项运动结合了拳击和国际象棋，每轮比赛之后两项赛事要轮换。两位选手之间共需进行11轮比赛，首先进行一轮四分钟的象棋赛，再进行一轮两分钟的拳击赛。这项运动由世界象棋拳击组织进行管理，其箴言是：“争于拳场，战于棋盘。”

Cheeserollingisprobablyoneofthesimplest sports out there. From the top of hill， a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled and competitors chase after it. The first individual across the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins（thecheeseofcourse）.

Competitors aim to catch the rolling cheese but this rarely happens as it has a one second head start and can reachspeedsupto112km/hr.

比比你和奶酪谁更快

滚奶酪比赛大概是世界上最简单的运动之一———首先是让一轮圆盘状的双层格洛斯特奶酪从山顶滚下来，然后让选手们在后面追赶，以第一个冲过山下终点线的人为胜（奖品当然是奶酪了）。

选手们的目标是要追上那块滚动的奶酪，但这种情况鲜有发生，因为奶酪比人“起跑”的时间要早一秒，然后速度可达到每小时112千米。

Owners surf while dogs get a free ride. Originated in San Diego， dog surfing is often more of a leisure bonding activity between dog and owner， but competitions are not uncommoninCalifornia.

和狗狗一起冲浪

当主人在冲浪的时候，狗狗也可以搭一搭顺风车。起源于美国圣地亚哥的狗狗冲浪更多的是作为一种增进狗与主人之间情感的休闲活动。不过，在加利福尼亚也经常可以看到狗狗冲浪比赛。