有这样一个地方，那里有一座石桥，每年夏季都会举行跳水比赛，直接从桥上跳的那种，这个地方就是莫斯塔尔（mostar）。

mostar一词来自当地语言most，其实是桥的意思，而mostar原来是看桥人的意思。所以，莫斯塔尔原本最著名的，便是涅雷特瓦（Neretva）河上的一座桥。

这座古桥修建于奥斯曼统治时期，很早就列入世界文化遗产名录。这座桥连接了东西两岸两种文化：西岸主要居住的都是穆斯林，随处可见各色清真寺；而东岸则是天主教。从桥上跳入内雷特瓦河是城里的年轻男子的传统。

这个传统可以追溯到大桥落成时代，不过首次记载的时间是1664年。1968年开始每年夏天举行正式的跳水比赛。

451st traditional jumps from Old Bridge held in BiH[1]

[1]BiH: Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那（Bosna i Hercegovina，简称波黑或波斯尼亚）是欧洲南部巴尔干半岛西部的多山国家，首都萨拉热窝（Sarajevo）。莫斯塔尔为波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那南部城市，在内雷特瓦河畔。

SARAJEVO - Traditional jumps from the Old Bridge in Mostar, a city some 120 kilometers south of BiH's capital Sarajevo, were held on Sunday late afternoon for the 451st time.

From the Old Bridge, the UNESCO monument, 41 jumpers jumped in two disciplines: on head and on legs[2]. By the judges' decision, Mostar born Lorens Listo and Igor Kazic won the traditional jumps. The best jump on the head was won by Lorens Listo 11th time in a row, while Igor Kazic won in the jumps on legs.

[2]用脚或头先入水

For the first jump, Listo got 48 points, for second one maximum 50 points, while Kazic won maximum 50 points for both jumps.

Contestants from Balkan and other countries of Europe competed, 25 in the discipline of jumping on head and 16 in jumping on legs.

Listo won 11th year in a row and said that the competition was very strong this year since contestants have years of experience.

"The feeling is as phenomenal[3] as it is every time, but today it was the hardest jump for me. After the first series I was the second one, which gave me extra pressure, but the luck follows the brave ones," Listo said after the victory.

[3]phenomenal: extremely successful or special, especially in a surprising way 非凡的，杰出的 

Her rise to fame was quite phenomenal - in less than two years she was a household name. 

她的成名真是奇迹——不到两年的时间，她的大名已家喻户晓了

On Sunday afternoon, Mostar measured 36 degrees Celsius and was the warmest city in BiH, the Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of BiH said.

Some thousand tourists and residents of BiH were watching the jumps below the Old Bridge. Since 1968, the 451 years long tradition is for Mostar's young men to jump from the Old Bridge in the cold Neretva River.

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