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A number of athletes will be keen to go home with the gold medal and the adoration of the public.<\/p>\n
However, across the Atlantic Ocean another massive competition has also been held – the Summer Redneck Games.<\/p>\n
Mud pit jumping, watermelon pip spitting and toilet seat tossing are among the events being held at the games, which are now in their 16th year.<\/p>\n
The madness takes place in East Dublin, Georgia and everyone involved is keen to scoop the ultimate accolade – the crushed beer can trophy.<\/p>\n
There are only three rules at the event – no pets, no glass bottles and no free re-admittance – and the light-hearted competition does have a compassionate side, as all money raised from the hosting of it goes to local charities.<\/p>\n
It is anticipated some 95,000 people have attended the goofy contest since 1996.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Summer Redneck Games have taken place in the US. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n