Babies crawl, and bawl, to finish line in world's largest crawling competition in Japan

A baby competes in a baby crawling competition hosted by a Japanese magazine in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture on Nov 23, 2015. PHOTO: AFP

TOKYO (AFP) - More than 600 babies in Japan wriggled to the finish line on their hands and knees in the world's largest crawling competition on Monday (Nov 23).

Japanese publisher Benesse organised the one-day event at a shopping mall in Yokohama, south-west of Tokyo, inviting infants aged between six months and one year and four months to participate in the three-metre race.