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Bloody fingers are just part of the game in this traditional German sport
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Men dressed in traditional clothes try to pull the opponent over the table at the German Championships in Fingerhakeln or finger wrestling, in Pang, near Rosenheim, Germany, Sunday, April 27, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
PANG, Germany (AP) — Men in short leather pants and embroidered suspenders risked dislocated digits Sunday as they vied for the top prize at Germany's championship in the sport of fingerhakeln, or finger wrestling. Around 180 competitors took part in Sunday’s 64th German championship in Pang, about an hour’s drive southwest of Munich. It's thought that finger wrestling, popular in Germany’s Alpine region and neighboring Austria, originated as a way to settle disputes.