Pullers for Wroclaw
The top national teams in Tug of War will meet and compete at the World Indoor Championships this weekend. For the national squads in the Women 540 kg category the event in Volendam (Netherlands) will be most important. The top six countries will qualify for the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland. One of the favourites to win the title and book the ticket to Poland are, of course, the women of Chinese Taipei, the current World Games Champion.
The programme of the World Championships features competitions in the categories of 560 kg, 600 kg, 640 kg, 680 kg (Men), 500 kg, 540 kg (Women) and 600 kg (Mixed). Competitions will start at 9:30 h on Friday. Watch the world’s best pullers at work on The World Games Channel! channel.theworldgames.org
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