A participant in the annual Sex Dolls Rafting Tournament near St Petersburg was

disqualified in shame for "sexual abuse of apparatus", Mosnews reports. The

event - held on the Vuoksa river and sponsored by "a number of Russian sex shops"

- this year attracted 400 athletes determined to tackle the choppy 1,200 meters

course with nothing more than an inflatable partner for buoyancy, as our pics shows.