Olympic wheelbarrow tournament.
Source: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty ImagesWrestling, of course, yields the oddest photos -- besides of course, sabre fencing. Check out Andrea Minguzzi (Italy) walking Zoltan Fodor (Hungary, in a better clothing choice than their hideous opening ceremony outfits) around in a Greco-Roman wrestling match.
Later in the day, the egg and spoon race, and then go ahead and help yourself to bug juice and potato salad.
Hideous?!? What are you talking about? I thought it was one of the best tributes to the climax of Bonnie & Clyde that I've ever seen. I hear next time around, the theme will be The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
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