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Sport in focus: Obstacle

Tough Guy 2010 obstacle race

More than 5,000 people braved the Tough Guy 2010 obstacle course officially dubbed the world's "most dangerous taste of mental and physical pain".

About 4,600 of those who took part in the 24th annual Tough Guy event at Perton, Staffordshire, completed the eight-mile challenge.

Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images/31 January 2010

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