by Tutu Akinlabi

Most sports require participants and competitors to be decked out in gear or regalia necessary for the event.

The Naked Sledding World Championships however, require participants to appear, well naked, as the name implies.

This year’s edition took place in Germany with participants in various stages of undress.

The Mirror reports:

Competitors from around the globe journeyed to Madgeburg in Germany, ready to remove their clothing and don their competitive spirit, braving the cold and the friction burns from the sleds.

Two British entrants journeyed to Germany, Holy Garshong, a firefighter from Sunderland, and Thomas Crusciel, a soldier from Eastbourne.

The event, bizarrely, doesn’t actually take place on a mountain slope, but on a specially constructed 70-metre slop in the grounds of a German airport.

Whilst not an Olympic registered competition, the two events coincide, with the naked championships benefiting from the added interest in snow sports around the Olympics.

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