From the strange and bizarre, to the tough and unknown, each week we'll bring you highlights from sporting events you may not have known about.
Over 7,000 athletes head out to sea at the North Bondi Classic Ocean Swim in Sydney, Australia. Swimmers as young as 10 take part in one of the largest ocean swimming events in the world.
Bernard Labro, bowman for Team Prada, holds on while racing against BMW Oracle Racing on the 7th day of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over 300 cars line up for the early morning start to the first stage of the 12th Monte Carlo Historical Rally. This 4 day race started February 1 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Nozomi Komuro of Japan competes in the skeleton competition at the
Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup at the Whistler Sliding Center on
February 3, 2009 in Whistler, Canada.
Craig Alexander, on right, leads David Dellow during the running leg of the Geelong Half Ironman Triathlon at Eastern Beach in Geelong, Australia. Over 1,100 competitors start by swimming 1.9 km swim, which is followed by 90.1 km bike course. After that it's just a 21.1 km run to the finish. Alexander took first for the second year in a row and Samantha Warriner was the winner of the women's division.
Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada tries to impress the judges during a qualification round in the moguls competition of the FIS Freestyle Grand Prix. Held at the Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian athletes rose to the challenge, winning 5 of the 6 events and taking 8 medals total.
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