Cities asked to bid for off-the-wall Paddy Olympics

BEIJING could shortly host another Olympics, if the Chinese authorities agree to back a wacky version of the games.

A number of cities around the world, including the Chinese capital, have been asked to bid for the Paddy Olympics, the brainchild of a Co Cork solicitor who specialises in off-the-wall events.

These events will include donkey vaults, high dive belly flops in the pool and interspecies relays on the track.