Polish Dragon Boat Racing

Polish Dragon Boat Racing, also referred to as "tug of oars" [2] or "dragon war",[3] is a sport consisting of two opposing teams of six rowers attempting to row a dragon boat across a center line,[4][5] and is similar to tug-of-war. The sport gained popularity in Poland in 2015 after a competition on March 21 of that year at the National Dragon Boat Competition in Olsztyn, and also received some media attention in the United States.[6] A popular video of the March 21st match was uploaded to YouTube on March 25, 2015, by YouTuber SmokiPolnocy, and has been viewed over 58,000 times as of August 2017.[7] There is currently no governing body or league for the sport.

In tug-of-oars, two teams of six (or eight[1]) people sit facing each other in dragon boats like these, and attempt to paddle toward each other.

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References
  1. AMBCQ (2014-08-03), AMBCQ Water Dragons at BRD Tug of War!, retrieved 2017-08-15
  2. vlogbrothers (2016-08-23), The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV, retrieved 2017-08-14
  3. Carson, Dan. "The Polish Have Invented Some Kind of Wild, Paddling Tug-of-War Game". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. Mustard, Extra. "Aquatic tug of war features two teams in one boat". SI.com. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  5. "You've never seen anything like tug-of-oar". Fox Sports. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  6. Lynch, Molly. "Dragon boat tug of war is Poland's newest sports craze". Mashable. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  7. SmokiPolnocy (2015-03-25), Tug of war on the dragon boat!, retrieved 2017-08-14


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