A competitor loses his shoe during the annual race on high heels during Gay Pride celebrations in the quarter of Chueca in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2016. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)
Farmer Franz Schaller rides on an ox called Napoleon during a traditional ox race in the southern Bavarian village of Muensing near Lake Starnberg, Germany August 28, 2016. (Photo by Michaela Rehle/Reuters)
Pigs race around the track at the Pig Racing and Diving display at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on April 10, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
People attend the Stranavigli Water Race held at the Naviglio Grande on July 16, 2011 in Milan, Italy. Stranavigli Water Race is an annual creative contest on the water. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)
Participants sit on a cable chair as they take part in the 30th edition of the Belalp Witches Ski Race on January 14, 2012 in Belalp, Switzerland. The race is inspired by a legend dating back to the middle ages, of a witch who tormented villagers in the area until she was burnt to death. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)
A 10 km prologue dog sled race on the eve of the 2018 Beringia dog sled race in Russia' s Far East; the prologue race is part of the 2018 Russian Winter Dog Powered Sports Cup in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on March 4, 2018. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS)
Participants compete during the Strong Race event near Tukums, Latvia, May 3, 2015. More than 4,000 people participated in this 9 km endurance race with 33 different obstacles. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)