Rio hosts NAKED Olympics on beach to honour ancient Greeks

13:53, 20 AUG 2016 UPDATED 14:16, 20 AUG 2016

BY JANET TAPPIN COELHO , SARAH FRANCIS

Naked Olympic events include football, beach volleyball, swimming and sprinting – all conducted by stark naked competitors

very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece – where all the competitors are NAKED.

The sporty naturists wear just a suntan as they vie for medals in football, beach volleyball, swimming, sprinting and race walking on Rio’s only nudist beach.

There are also extra non-Olympic sports such as the tug of war, surfing, which is due to debut at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, and Peteca, a traditional game in Brazil which is played with a hand shuttlecock.

The stark-naked games on the dedicated naturist Abrico beach in Grumari are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in the nude to honour the gods.

Nudists on Abrico Beach in Rio play Peteca a traditional Brazilian game with a hand shuttlecock

According to Organisers of the Praia do Abrico (Abrico Beach) Olympic Games, people of all ages and all shapes and sizes are welcome.

Elisangela Santiago, who runs Rio’s Abrico Beach Naturist Association, said: “We decided we wanted to enjoy the Olympics in a novel and liberating way that paid tribute to the origins of the sport.

“We have lined up a few fun games for people to get involved in.

“It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got an athletic bone in your body, the whole idea is to push out the boundaries and have plenty of legitimate fun while you happen to be naked.

Our games are all about encouraging people to feel good about themselves and promote a healthy and positive way of living freely and be at one with nature.

“There’s no point in worrying what you look like when you bend over to pick up the ball, getting embarrassed when you fall over with your legs up in the air or bothering about your bits jiggling as you sprint for the finishing line.”

In hilarious footage of the event, bums jiggle as players run for the football, willies wave in the air as competitors jump for the shuttlecock and boobs bounce as the women run the 100 metre race.

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