REGULAR workouts are a secret of this champion's success - but they only involve exercising one part of his body.
George Schoettl is Bavaria's finger wrestling champion, with a regimen that apparently involves using his middle finger to lift heavy weights, as well as repeatedly stretching a large rubber band.
The traditional rural sport, also known as 'Fingerhakeln', was part of the 40th Alpine Country Championship in Woernsmuehl, Germany last weekend.
Competitors (pictured) sit at a special table with leather cushions at each end, with the winner of each bout the one who can pull his opponent across the table first with a leather loop.
Apparently dislocations are common, along with plenty of post-match analgesia.
Be WED where you may one day lie when you're dead....
That's the promise of a new multi-purpose chapel in the New Zealand town of Taranaki, which combines weddings and funerals.
The Te Henui cemetery now features the NZ$1.5m chapel as part of a move to broaden the services offered by Eagar Funerals.
Director Richard Martin believes the surrounding headstones will add to the ambience, saying: "families will step out of the chapel and be surrounded by greenery and beautiful trees".
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