Dressed up participants run at the “Course de la Marmite” during the 46th Escalade Race (Course de l'Escalade) in Geneva, Switzerland, 07 December 2024. (Photo by Martial Trezzini/EPA/EFE)
A competitor takes part in the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race at the City of London's Leadenhall Market on February 13, 2024. (Photo by Isabel Infantes/Reuters)
A tank crew competes in an individual race at a regional stage of the 2016 Tank Biathlon Competition at the Anastasyevsky training ground, March 1, 2016, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS/Newscom)
Men soar through the air on a wooden sledge during a traditional Bavarian horn sledge race, known as “Schnablerrennen”, in Gaissach near Bad Toelz, Germany, January 22, 2017. (Photo by Michael Dalder/Reuters)
Race goers are pictured during the Investec Ladies Day at Epsom Downs Racecourse on June 2, 2017 in Epsom, England. (Photo by News Group Newspapers Ltd)
A person poses on the track during a fashion competition at the Durban July horse racing event in Durban, South Africa July 1, 2017. (Photo by Rogan Ward/Reuters)
An Egyptian university student drives a hybrid racing car he built with his team to compete at the Global Hybrid-Electric Challenge in Cairo, Egypt September 2, 2016. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
A participant runs in high-heels as she competes in the Stiletto Run in Bucharest June 14, 2014. The annual 50 metres race requires participants to wear high-heels that are at least 7cm tall. (Photo by Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)