Snorkellers brave mud in Welsh peat bog race

Competitors from around the world have met in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales to take part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships.

More then 150 men and women swam through the peat bog while being timed by judges.

The men's champion was serial bog snorkeller 2006 winner Haydn Pitchforth from Leeds.

For the women, Kirsty Johnson retained her fastest bog snorkeller title with the best-ever run of one minute and 22.56 seconds in the 55-metre (180ft) channel.