The event, at Underwater World in Qingdao city, will feature sports including fencing, shooting, cycling and gymnastics, reports Qingdao Morning Post.
For the fencing contest, participants will fight while blanced on a steel cable with the one falling off first being declared the loser. (So stabbing the guy doesn't necessarily mean you win?)
And for the shooting, competitors will use specially made harpoon-style guns to pop balloons fastened to a board. (The same kind of gun they used to kill Jaws?)
Organizers say some events - such as gymnastics - will be easier underwater because athletes' bodies will feel lighter. (I dunno about you, but the lightest people I know are Asian!)
"All the participants are professional divers. We want to promote Qingdao city as the host of the sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Olympics," said a spokesman for the aquarium.
Underwater World says the games will last almost two weeks, till the end of the Chinese Spring Festival, around February 12.
Rabba's Verdict:
NOT CLASSY!!!Although I like the thought of this, I would prefer it if they took it to the extreme - like everything else.
An actual fencing match, sword fights, who can swim faster - the man or the shark?, underwater kung-fu or anything of that sort. Of course there would also be prize money at the end of it!
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