THE MERLYMPICS

A woman from Provo, Utah, won the Merlympics this year. The Merlympics is a mermaid competition. It’s been been around since 2015 and the competition is held every two years. Mia Sim, 22, became the fastest mermaid in the world back in May when she competed at the Swiss Merlympics in Geneva, Switzerland. The Merlympics are “solely designed to prove athleticism.” All of the events are completed while wearing full mermaid or merman gear — competitors’ legs are bound from their hips to their toes in a tail. All mer-athletes must complete five events at the Merlympics:
– Ecology: The athlete dives down and retrieves as much trash as possible in 90 seconds.
– Figures: The competitor has to perform three of 10 mermaid figures.
– Underwater posing: Each person dives down and poses for a picture, and then has to swim away for the next person to take their spot. Sim said she thinks this one is the hardest.
– Rescue: The mermaid has to do a 25-meter submerged swim and rescue a dummy.
– Speed: The athletes race along the top of the water for 50 meters.
* There’s another tricky activity that isn’t in the competition – going to the bathroom.
* And the winner gets a lot of mer…chandise.
* This is Switzerland trying to keep France from getting all the summer sports attention.
* It must be fun to be a merman. I bet you get a lot of tail.
* These people sound like they’re smoking a little too much sea weed.