article_snippet: MailOnline Travel sheds some light on the most unique sporting escapes you could take this year as a spectator or in some cases even as a participant, from the historic cheese-rolling race in Gloucestershire to the Mud Olympics in Brunsbuettel, Germany.
article_snippet: A competitor in the Mud Olympics in Brunsbuettel plays handball in the mud flats of the River Elbe .
article_snippet: A women feels the cold of a hose as competitors attempt to wash away the mud after a day of competition .
article_snippet: MUD OLYMPICS: BRUNSBUETTEL, Germany .
article_snippet: It’s hot, sticky and awesome at the Mud Olympics in BrunsbuettelBrunsbuettel, near Hamburg in northern Germany, where the annual event is held on the mud flats of the River Elbethe River Elbe.
article_snippet: Known in German as Wattoluempiade (Tideland Olympics), the Games feature hundreds of competitors not afraid to get down and dirty as hundreds of competitors compete in filthy versions of handball, volleyball, football and tug of war, and more.