Sack race
The sack race is an internationally known, popular race game in which the participants have put their legs in an empty sack to them enough just before the hips. They have to reach the goal by pulling the sack up with both hands and running around in competitions. The game is particularly popular at children's parties of all kinds.
Sack race is now only relevant as a children's game .
A sack race was also held as part of the 1904 Olympic Games , but the IOC does not consider it to be Olympic.
Varia
- The city of Dahlen in Saxony is nicknamed Sackhupperstadt (= Sackhoppers City ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The most unusual Olympic sports on spox.com , accessed on September 18, 2017
Web links
Commons : Sack race - collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- Erwin Glonnegger, Walter Diem: The great Ravensburger playbook. Game suggestions and entertainment for indoors and outdoors . 11th edition, Maier, Ravensburg 1992, ISBN 3-473-42562-1 .