Pig Olympics in Moscow

From the city that brought us a cat circus, now comes the Pig Olympics. (No, it's not going on tour, sorry.) Here's a photo from the synchronized swimming:


Strangely, the article doesn't say who won! C'mon, BBC News, I had a small wager on Mykola of Ukraine . . . . The piece does make clear, however, that these pigs will not be turned into pelmeni:

"They go on to produce a new generation of sport pigs. They don't get eaten," he [Alexei Sharshkov, vice-president of the Sport-Pig Federation] said. "How could you eat a competitor who is known around the world?"