There are a lot of so-called sports that you can find strange, at least amazing.

Let's take rubber boot throwing or the wondrous cheese rolling.

It's said that once a year for two centuries, daredevils have been throwing themselves down a hillside in the south-west of England to catch a loaf of cheese.

A bonebreaker tumble.

If it has to be.

Man wants to measure himself.

Long-distance spitting - sometimes seen as a secondary discipline in football - and barrel jumping were part of the program of the "Western Olympics" and the Olympic Games.

Granted, that was 1904.

But mud wrestling is probably more of an invention of contemporaries who know all the tricks;

“Buzkaschi” in Central Asia, on the other hand, is as traditional as it is irritating.

Riders try to pick up an animal at a gallop and put it down in front of the judge, for example a goat – without a head.

What does that have to do with sports?

The beautiful sport, the wonderful idea of ​​homo ludens, is an unprotected term.

They may run and climb, jump and cycle in Munich at the European Championships, other championships are also on offer these days.

shoot and drive away

For example the Russians.

One could speak of hastily organized compensation, because in most well-known sports, Russian and Belarusian athletes are not allowed to participate because of Putin's attack on Ukraine.

But the international showdown near Moscow has been going on for a number of years.

Nations from almost all over the world are taking part again this week, albeit not from NATO.

But China arrived heavily armed for the individual and relay competitions.

It's about skill and speed.

Mistakes will be penalized with extra meters.

You know the format from the winter, which is also quite popular in Germany.

But maybe you didn't know that the sport of ski hunters has long since been varied to a great extent: "tank biathlon", yes, yes, don't read it wrong, repeat: "tank biathlon"!

Shoot and drive away with 50 tons of steel over three rounds.

The Russians speak of a discipline of the "International Army Games", people with sportsmanship of the training camp of death.