Underwater wrestling (Aquathlon) in swimming pool. Underwater view
Aquathlon (also known as underwater wrestling) is an underwater sport where two competitors wearing masks and fins wrestle underwater in an attempt to remove a ribbon from each other's ankle band in order to win the bout. The "combat" takes place in a 5-metre (16 ft) square ring within a swimming pool, and is made up of three 30-second rounds, with a fourth round played in the event of a tie. The sport originated during the 1980s in the former USSR (now Russia) and was first played at international level in 1993. It was recognised by the Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques (CMAS) in 2008. The sport is conducted in a swimming pool with a water depth between 2 metres ( ft) and 6 metres (20 ft). The competition area consists of a 5 metres (16 ft) square ring and a metres ( ft) wide free area around the ring, both marked with ropes floating on the surface of the water. One side of the ring is marked with a red rope (known as the red side) while the opposite side is marked with a yellow rope (known as the yellow side). At the bottom of the pool, a 5 metres (16 ft) square mat with a white circle in the centre (1 metre ( ft) in diameter) is placed immediately underneath the competition area. At opposite sides of the mat, a red hoop and a yellow hoop, each measuring 1 metre ( ft) square in diameter, are located. The red hoop is located underneath the red rope floating on the pool’s surface while the yellow hoop is below the yellow rope.
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Location: Nikolaev, Ukraine, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © Andrey Nekrasov / Alamy / Afripics
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