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03-30-2016, 03:40 PM
Japan's ****** chair Grand Prix is a surprisingly grueling sport
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Wheeling yourself around on the humble swivel chair sounds like just a**ther day at the ******, but in Japan, an annual ****** chair "grand prix" is ** laughing matter.
In its sixth year **w, the "Isu-1 Grand Prix (http://isu1gp.com/)" (Isu is Japanese for chair) was held over the weekend at Kyotanabe city in Kyoto, Japan.
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Battling for position.
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The two-hour endurance event sees competitors zipping round and round a course of roughly 180 metres (http://www.zaikeinews.com/articles/628/20150926/******-chair-race-isu-1-gp-taiwan.htm), clad in helmets and elbow guards and pushing their chairs to the limit over the grueling race.
Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/******-chair-racing-japan/)
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Wheeling yourself around on the humble swivel chair sounds like just a**ther day at the ******, but in Japan, an annual ****** chair "grand prix" is ** laughing matter.
In its sixth year **w, the "Isu-1 Grand Prix (http://isu1gp.com/)" (Isu is Japanese for chair) was held over the weekend at Kyotanabe city in Kyoto, Japan.
http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAzLzMwLzU1L0dldHR5SW1hZ2VzLmE5MTM3LmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/83d21d55/d33/GettyImages-517590526_master.jpg
Image: TREVOR WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAGES
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Battling for position.
Image: TREVOR WILLIAMS/GETTY IMAGES
The two-hour endurance event sees competitors zipping round and round a course of roughly 180 metres (http://www.zaikeinews.com/articles/628/20150926/******-chair-race-isu-1-gp-taiwan.htm), clad in helmets and elbow guards and pushing their chairs to the limit over the grueling race.
Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/******-chair-racing-japan/)
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