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