'Physical hell': Hong Kong hosts gruelling underwater hockey tournament

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Swimmers brandishing short, curved sticks held their breath as they somersaulted and dove towards a weighted puck at the bottom of a Hong Kong swimming pool, vying for first place in a sport likened to voluntary drowning."You're so into trying to succeed, trying to score the goal, that you forget about breath hold and how tough it is," competitor Rita Frieske, a Hong Kong-based Polish academic, told AFP. Games last 30 minutes and are split into two halves with a three-minute break in between.