Photo gallery: Germans compete in Finger Wrestling Championships
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A judge adjusts the leather ring held by two competitors with their middle fingers at the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Septr 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Sept 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Sept 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Spectators watch the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Participants in traditional clothes take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Participants in traditional costume take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Bavarian man pulls his opponent over the table during the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Participants in traditional clothes take a practice session prior to the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Participants in traditional costume take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A Bavarian man pulls his opponent over the table during the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Two competitors challenge with their middle fingers at the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A judge adjusts the leather ring held by two competitors with their middle fingers at the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Septr 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Sept 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
Finger wrestlers compete in the German Finger Wrestling Championship on Sept 16, 2012 in Warngau, southern Germany. -- PHOTO: AFP
Spectators watch the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Participants in traditional clothes take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Participants in traditional costume take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A Bavarian man pulls his opponent over the table during the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Participants in traditional clothes take a practice session prior to the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Participants in traditional costume take part in the 59th Bavarian 'Fingerhakeln' championships, a kind of finger-wrestling , in Lenggries, southern Germany on Sunday, Aug 12, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A Bavarian man pulls his opponent over the table during the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Two competitors challenge with their middle fingers at the German Finger Wrestling championships in Warngau, Germany, on Sunday, Sept 16, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
WARNGAU, Germany (AP) - Giving your opponent the finger just took on a whole new meaning.
On Sunday, over 150 men in the Bavarian village of Warngau, took part in the German Finger Wrestling Championship.
The aim of the game - also known as Fingerhakeln - is to pull their opponents over the table with nothing more than their fingers and a rubber strap.
