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Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 August, 2003, 13:14 GMT 14:14 UK

In Pictures: bog snorkelling




1 of 5 More than 1,000 people flocked to the mid Wales town of Llanwrtyd Wells to see the race.




2 of 5 Rob Scott (left) from Chepstow and Paul Kraqqs from Finland test the water temperature before taking the plunge.




3 of 5 Irish competitor Julia Galvin travelled from County Kerry to take part in the annual spectacle.




4 of 5 Patrick Thorne (left) from Bournmouth, and his brother Dan from Weston-super-Mare, wait for their turn




5 of 5 Competitors had to complete two lengths of the 70m-long course

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