A lot of pluck perhaps, but there's not much urgency here. The annual World Hen Racing Championships hoped to rival human sport - but for these chicks, racing is for the birds. SOUNDBITE: Mike Gibson, hen owner, saying (English): "Well the UK is doing well in the Olympics, so why not the chicken?" Rules are sparse: no dogs, no pecking and winners were almost as scarce as hen's teeth. In fact, organizer John Barry said performance was downright fowl. SOUNDBITE: John Barry, organizer of the championships, saying (English): "I've been here for twenty years now running the hen racing, since 1992, and I can definitely say apart from the final, that is definitely the worst set of hens I have ever seen in my life, shocking, absolutely shocking, the owners need to go back and have another word with themselves!" And despite many ruffled feathers, there was eventually a winner.Video here.
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