The 1926 competitors later held a basketball game as a tie-breaker, in which the sophomores won. A new rope was used for the 2013 pull. It is 600 feet long, 2.5 inches in diameter and weighs ...

A school tug of war went wrong when the rope snapped in half. The pupils played the game during the Pathumthep Witthayakarn School's sports day, but had an unexpected turn of events. Footage shows the ...