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Not everyone agrees that chess is a sport, but no one disputes it's a test of mental toughness.

Not everyone agrees that chess is a sport, but no one disputes it's a test of mental toughness.

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If boxing is a violent art, then knuckles are its paintbrush. But even boxers, old pals with pain, would wince if they saw a video of the man from the Arctic Games. With his body in a push-up position, he starts to bounce forward on his knuckles.

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