SPORT - Schwingen - Native Wrestling in Switzerland AMA142265
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- CAPTION
- Christian Schuler wrestles with Roland Nideroest in a Schwingen contest in Cham, Switzerland. Schwingen is a traditional swiss sport, native wrestling. Only athletes with a swiss passport are permitted to attend on the competition. The competitors wear short trousers made of jute over their clothes and are usually a farmer, butcher or craftsman or cheese maker. The match takes place in a ring, a circular area with a diameter of 12 meters that is covered with sawdust.
- HEADLINE
- SPORT - Schwingen - Native Wrestling in Switzerland
- PHOTOGRAPHER
- Werner Schaerer/AMA
- DATE
- 8th May 2011
- AMA REF NO
- 142265
- WIRE REF
- AMA01_SCHWINGEN
- GROUP
- 20110508 Schwingen
- DIMENSIONS
- 3004 pixels x 1986 pixels
- FILE SIZE
- 1.6 MB
- RIGHTS USAGE
- UK ONLY
- COPYRIGHT
- © AMA SPORTS PHOTO AGENCY