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No good at football or rugby?
Perhaps you might be do better in this sport, which judges how well players can toss their meat.
Every August there is a contest in eastern Spain, which looks at just that.
You missed it for this year, but could get practising in time for 2026.
Footage from this year’s event shows entrants hurling a large ham into a marked area, to see how far they can get it.
This tradition has been going for decades, and is now a major tourist attraction for the village.
Carrascosa de la Sierra is usually home to just 70 residents, but the population swells to 400 people eager to see the festivities each summer.
Known as the Campeonato de Lanzamiento de Pernil (Ham Throwing Championship), players chuck the jamón as far as they can, much like in the Olympics sport of hammer throwing, but not as globally recognised.
The bizarre sport began as a joke among friends at a local bar in 1997, but is still going decades later.
To stop the jam from going to waste, it is wrapped in tape and bubble wrap before being launched, and players say that if it does have any impact, it will make it more tender.
Whoever wins gets the meat as a trophy, but the done thing is to share it around with locals and visitors alike, so that everyone gets a bit of ham.
There are also categories for women, who throw shoulder hams; children, who launch salchichón; and even toddlers, who toss mini fuet.
This year’s men’s champion was Sergio García, whose throw reached 20.55 metres.
Usually more niche than Spain’s famous La Tomatina festival, this year the ham throw went viral thanks to Talía Benedicto, 24, who has roots in the village and shared a montage of the event on TikTok.
‘The locals are really excited because we’ve put Carrascosa on the map’ she told local media.
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