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Nip and tuck in topless sledging
It may not be the Winter Olympics but this topless tobogganing tournament has certainly got fans nipping out for a better view.
More than 14,000 spectators turned out to watch the eye-popping event in Braunlage, Germany, where 30 male and female competitors bounced along a 100 metre track on sledges.
"It was very cold and because of that some of those girls would definitely had a bit of an advantage in a photo finish," said one fan.
Christian Schmidt, 26, won the event, while one 70-year-old man got the biggest round of applause for stripping down to his long johns.
Earlier sour Krauts had tried to axe to axe Germany's first ever topless tobogganing championships at another German town after a mayor said he was "offended" by the spectacle.
The ladies, competing for cash prizes of nearly 300 pounds each, were required only to wear a hard helmet and footwear for the race at Oberwiesenthal near the border with the Czech Republic.
Liberal party mayor Mirko Ernst had threatened a ban. "The good name of Oberwiesenthal is at stake," he said.
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