Mud, flippers and snorkels: Wales celebrates 40 years of bog racing

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Mud, flippers and snorkels: Wales celebrates 40 years of bog racing  Competitors have plunged into a Welsh peat bog for the 40th World Bog Snorkelling Championships. The unusual event in Llanwrtyd Wells combines snorkels, flippers and doggy paddling, attracting participants and spectators to the rural town.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/01/mud-flippers-and-snorkels-wales-celebrates-40-years-of-bog-racing  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00Let's go Brogsy!

00:05Let's go Brogsy!

00:28So you have to breathe through a snorkel

00:29you can wear flippers

00:31but you can't do swimming strokes

00:34other than dog paddle

00:36and that's about it

00:37Let's go Brogsy!

00:43Touch the post!

00:47Yay!

00:49Come on!

00:56Woo!

00:57Beautiful technique!

01:00Come on!

01:01Competition day is always a scary day

01:03you can prepare as much as you want

01:05but when you're actually here in the flesh

01:07feeling the weather, touching the bog

01:09feeling the reeds kind of slime up your body

01:11then you really know if you've prepared enough

01:15Norman Corrin to come along to

01:18bog number one

01:19Norman Corrin

01:20before all of the

01:232

01:2410

01:252

01:31How can we create another event

01:33to keep people coming to town

01:34as tourists?

01:36so, yeah

01:37it was

01:39over a bar, over a beer

01:40What about snorkeling in a bog?

01:43and here we are

01:45Come on mama!

01:47Come on!

01:57Who's up to you?

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