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The Wheelbarrow Olympics (in
Hungarian ''Talicskaolimpia'') is an international sports event organized annually in
Hosszúhetény
Hosszúhetény (, german: Hetting, Heting, Langheting) is the most populous village in Baranya county, southwest Hungary, a significant centre of village tourism.
It is located 18 kilometres northeast to Pécs, the county capital, in a valley betw ...
village in
Baranya county
Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 11 ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. The participants compete individually and in teams, in several categories: solo, double, triple, sandwich and in speed and skill exercises.
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Foreign participants of the games have been from Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and South Korea. The games are linked with cultural programmes including concerts and dance performances. The side events are Rocktalicska with the concerts of young rock bands and Folktalicska, with folk music and dance performances.
The XV. Wheelbarrow Olympics was held on 11–13 June 2015.
Notes
External links
Wheelbarrow Olympics video
Doubles at the 2011 Games
Girls in the wheelbarrow, 2011
Artist Genadie Popescu on the first wheelbarrow olympics sculpture in the world, exhibited at the 2011 Games
A XI. Hetényi Talicskaolimpia on Facebook
Website (part English, part Hungarian)
Baranya County
Sport in Hungary
Novelty running
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