Wrestling with tradition

The Swiss national sport known as "Schwingen" is a type of wrestling on a sawdust-covered floor. Participants fight wearing jeans covered by loose shorts. It's a sport that evokes intense national passion and you have to start young to get really good at it. Julie Hunt visited a wrestling club in Zürich to find out how it's done. (swissinfo, Julie Hunt: 480p setting)

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Sports

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• swiss
• switzerland
• wrestling
• schwingen

[dcghettofarmer]

sit wenn gits im schwinge en grand slam? xD

[DorianAneudy]

pretty cool

[shoulung]

nothing better than pants wrestling lol :P

[MegaraPiece]

@DorianAneudy it' s amazing to watch it in reality :)

[MegaraPiece]

@dcghettofarmer hani jetzt au ned gwüsst xD

schwinge isch aber kes fake wie wrestling dasch ächte Kampf :)

[MegaraPiece]

@dcghettofarmer hani jetzt au ned gwüsst xD

scheinge isch aber kes fake wie wrestling dasch ächte Kampf :)

[climbmd]

Interesting video. Fail on the audio sync. Lots of talking and discussion going on, but no sound for most of the last half of the vid.

[blake45123]

its tim tebow

[SADDLELADY]

looks like it really isn't good for your back

My Swiss husband use to play this sport in use youth and showed great talent until he had a major problem resulting in back surgery at age 16 years....