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'Physical hell': Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament
The annual event drew hardcore enthusiasts from across Asia as players battled 30-minute matches with six-person teams and no goalkeepers.
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France24'Physical hell': Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament
The annual underwater hockey tournament, ominously advertised as "physical hell", nevertheless drew a roster of hardcore enthusiasts from countries across Asia to the Chinese city over the weekend. "You have to choose when to use your breath and when not to... Anyone that's got the puck, you know that they've got some level of suffering," Leo Lines, a Japanese-New Zealander competitor from Hokkaido, told AFP. "I love that." Suited up in snorkel …
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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In Hong Kong, an unusual sport subjects hockey players to the risk of drowning. The swimmers, armed with curved sticks, hold their breath while they make down, and throw themselves at a heavy disk, lying on the bottom of a pool.
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