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A new sporting fixture was to the calendar of world sports events this week - the Balloon World Cup. The "sport" of keepy-uppy ballooning probably a familiar one. We have all, at one time or another, in the decades-old pastime of a balloon up in the air without letting it the floor. Spanish soccer legend and Barcelona star Gerard Pique this sport so much he decided to it into an international event. The inaugural Balloon World Cup was in Tarragona, Spain, on Thursday. Peru's Francesco de la Cruz was as the very first world champion. His athleticism and deftness saw him off a challenge from Germany's Jan Spiess in the final with a 6-2 victory.

Gerard Pique his inspiration for establishing the annual tournament from videos that viral on the social media site TikTok. He loved clips of the Arrendondo family from the USA playing the game during the COVID-19 lockdown. It from the family's living room into a "Keep-Up Balloon League". Pique then and made the game global. The World Cup contests place on an 8m x 8m court, which living room furniture as obstacles. Teams from 32 countries . Pique said: "It's been amazing. It's something totally different. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and new things." There are hopes it could an Olympics event.