New Zealand dominated the 13th Golden Shears World Championships in sheep shearing held in Norway, taking home four of the six titles up for grabs earlier this month.
New Zealand won both the individual and team events in wool handling and machine shearing.
Around 100 sheep shearers from 28 countries, including Australia, Montenegro, France, the US and of course New Zealand, displayed their skills in the four-day competition, which for the first time ever was held in a non-English speaking country.
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“This is not just about speed but is also a question of technique,” explained event spokeswoman Elin Ravndal Bell.
“Shearers who cut their animals lose points,” she said.
It can take as little as 20 seconds to shear an entire sheep, but at the world championships the times usually average around 30 to 40 seconds.
Clipping with scissors, or blade shearing, meanwhile takes around two minutes.
New Zealand’s wool handling team needed just seven minutes 53 seconds to polish off 16 lambs, while its machine shearing team finished 20 lambs in 16 minutes 15 seconds.
Lesotho clinched the team blade shearing title, shearing 10 lambs in 13 minutes 49 seconds. South Africa’s Zweliwile Hans took home the individual blade shearing honors, finishing 10 lambs in 21 minutes 20 seconds.(AFP)
第十三屆世界金羊毛剪錦標賽本月稍早在挪威舉行，結果紐西蘭代表隊就包辦了六個比賽項目中的四項冠軍。
紐西蘭分別在羊毛處理和機械剪毛的個人組和團體組項目中獲勝。
本屆共有來自澳洲、蒙特內哥羅、法國、美國和紐西蘭等二十八個國家的近一百位剪羊毛好手前來參賽，他們在為期四天的比賽中拿出看家本領；這次也是該錦標賽首次在非英語系國家舉辦。
主辦單位的女發言人愛琳．瑞凡道．貝爾解釋：「這不僅考驗選手的速度，也在考驗他們的技巧。」
她說：「剪傷綿羊的選手會被扣分。」
用機械完整修剪一隻羊的時間可以短至二十秒，但在世界錦標賽中，平均速度通常介在三十秒到四十秒間。
不管是用剪刀剪，或用剃刀修，約需費時兩分鐘。
紐西蘭團體組在羊毛處理項目中，僅花了七分鐘又五十三秒就迅速處理完十六隻小羊；他們的機械剃毛團隊則花了十六分又十五秒剪完二十隻小羊。
賴索托的選手贏得剃刀項目的團體組冠軍，他們在十三分鐘又四十九秒內剃完了十隻小羊。南非的佐威利瓦．漢斯則抱回剃刀項目的個人組冠軍，他在二十一分又二十秒內就剃完十隻小羊。（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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