Editing Tug of war (section)

===Notable incidents===
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|13 June 1978<ref>{{cite news|title=Tug-of-War Ends in Multiple Injuries|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19780614&id=V98pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2968,2439226&hl=en|access-date=15 March 2017|work=Gadsden Times|date=14 June 1978|archive-date=12 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912081255/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19780614&id=V98pAAAAIBAJ&pg=2968,2439226&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>||[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], USA||style="text-align:center"|{{tick}}||style="text-align:center"|0||style="text-align:center"|6||style="text-align:center"|200||style="text-align:center"|~2,300||6&nbsp;fingers and thumbs amputated||2000 foot (600&nbsp;m) rope rated for 13,000&nbsp;lb<sub>f</sub> (58&nbsp;kN) ||Middle school [[Guinness Book of Records]] attempt
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|4 June 1995<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jun/07/2-boy-scouts-die-when-tug-of-war-rope-snaps/ |title=2 Boy Scouts Die When Tug-Of-War Rope Snaps |access-date=2015-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125311/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jun/07/2-boy-scouts-die-when-tug-of-war-rope-snaps/ |archive-date=2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>||[[Westernohe]], Germany||style="text-align:center"|{{tick}}||style="text-align:center"|2||style="text-align:center"|5 ||style="text-align:center"|29||style="text-align:center"|650||Crushed and hit ground hard||"Thumb-thick" nylon||Scouts attempt [[Guinness Book of Records]] entry
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|25 October 1997<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=437&dat=19971025&id=Oa0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BTIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6343,3904145 Two Men Lose Arms in tug-of-war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728131157/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=437&dat=19971025&id=Oa0pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BTIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6343%2C3904145 |date=2020-07-28 }}, ''[[The Nation]]'', October 27, 1997 (available at Google.news).</ref><ref>[http://www.chinainformed.com/Archive/x9710/971028.html Tug-of-war: accident leaves arms hanging and mayor apologetic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528044056/http://www.chinainformed.com/Archive/x9710/971028.html |date=2013-05-28 }} (China Times Tue, Oct 28, 1997 edition (available at Chinainformed.com).</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19971027&id=_z9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OY4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1601,3169442 Taiwanese doctors reattach arms ripped off in tug-of-war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820165931/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1291&dat=19971027&id=_z9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OY4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1601,3169442 |date=2014-08-20 }}, Boca Raton News, October 27, 1997, Page 7A, (available as new</ref><ref>[http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/disarmed.asp Disarmed – Disarmanent] at Snopes.com.</ref>||[[Taipei]], Taiwan||style="text-align:center"|{{tick}}||style="text-align:center"|0||style="text-align:center"|2 ||style="text-align:center"|42||style="text-align:center"|1500||Arms severed below shoulder||5&nbsp;cm (2&nbsp;in) nylon, max. strength {{convert|26000|kg|lbs}}||Official event, with foreign dignitaries
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|4 February 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/teens-recovering-after-losing-fingers-during-tug-of-war-match/article8252426/|title=Teens recovering after losing fingers during tug-of-war match|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207135814/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/teens-recovering-after-losing-fingers-during-tug-of-war-match/article8252426/|archive-date=February 7, 2013 }}</ref>||[[El Monte, California|El Monte]], California, USA||style="text-align:center"|{{tick}}||style="text-align:center"|0||style="text-align:center"|2||style="text-align:center"|2||style="text-align:center"|~40<ref name="yelmonline">{{Cite web|url=http://www.yelmonline.com/sports/article_f7ec0326-c131-5925-a332-5242a0483b63.html|title=The finger-severing tug-of-war incident|access-date=2018-05-03|archive-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930223119/http://www.yelmonline.com/sports/article_f7ec0326-c131-5925-a332-5242a0483b63.html|url-status=live}}</ref>||9 fingers amputated<ref name="yelmonline" />||Unknown||Lunchtime [[High school (North America)|high school]] activity
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|14&nbsp;December 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-teen-student-dies-playing-tug-of-war-on-campus/articleshow/67100496.cms|title=Mumbai: Teen student dies playing tug of war on campus|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216214859/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-teen-student-dies-playing-tug-of-war-on-campus/articleshow/67100496.cms|archive-date=December 16, 2018 }}</ref>||[[Somaiya Vidyavihar|Somaiya Vidyavihar University]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]|| style="text-align:center"|{{xmark}}||style="text-align:center"|1||style="text-align:center"|0||style="text-align:center"|0||style="text-align:center"|Unknown||Cardiac arrest, unknown cause||Unknown||Sports day at Somaiya College of Nursing
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|18 December 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-killed-tug-war-game-28785823|title=Woman killed in tug-of-war game after rope pings back and drags her into concrete block|work=[[Daily Mirror|Mirror]]|date=December 21, 2022}}</ref>||Makassar, Indonesia|| style="text-align:center"|{{tick}}||style="text-align:center"|1||style="text-align:center"|3||style="text-align:center"|13||style="text-align:center"|5,294||Head pulled into concrete barrier by rope||Unknown||World Record Attempt
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