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Tug of war video from Kerala, India. Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport in which two teams compete by pulling on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal of bringing the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.
English has borrowed the term from tafl (pronounced; Old Norse for 'table'), [4] [5] a generic term referring to board games.. Hnefatafl (roughly , [5] plausibly realised as [n̥ɛvatavl]), became the preferred term for the game in Scandinavia by the end of the Viking Age, to distinguish it from other board games, such as skáktafl (), kvatrutafl and halatafl (), as these became known. [2]
Vikings, according to Clare Downham in Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland, are "people of Scandinavian culture who were active outside Scandinavia ... Danes, Norwegians, Swedish, Hiberno-Scandinavians, Anglo-Scandinavians, or the inhabitants of any Scandinavian colony who affiliated themselves more strongly with the culture of the colonizer than with that of the indigenous population."
Tug of war. Tug of war at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium - International Olympic Committee. For most of us, tug of war is an activity consigned to school days and summer camp ...
The Tug of War Indoor World Championships is a tug of war competition organised by the Tug of War International Federation for national teams. It is one of the two main worldwide competitions in the sport and has been held biennially since 2014. TWIF also organizes the TWIF Outdoor World Championships for nations.
The Tug of War Outdoor World Championships is a tug of war competition organised by the Tug of War International Federation for national teams. It is the main worldwide competition in the sport and has been held biennially since 2014.
Individual medal leaders in tug of war at the Olympics Athlete NOC Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Refs; Frederick Humphreys Great Britain (GBR) 1908, 1912, 1920: 2 1 0 3 [5] [6] Edwin Mills Great Britain (GBR) 1908, 1912, 1920: 2 1 0 3 [5] [7] John James Shepherd Great Britain (GBR) 1908, 1912, 1920: 2 1 0 3 [5] [8] John Sewell Great Britain ...
The Tug of War International Federation (TWIF) is the international governing body for the sport of tug of war. Member countries. Due to national organization and ...