Tug of War at ATHLEEMA 2026 is an intercollege team challenge in Okhla, Delhi, where groups compete in a test of raw strength, balance, and synchronized effort to overpower their opponents.

Rules:

- Each team in a Tug of War competition consists of 10 members.

- The weight of the playing team should not exceed 760Kg in total.

- The rope used should be of a circumference of approximately 11 cm and should be marked in the middle with a center line as well as two marks that should be placed 4m from the center line.

- At the start of the pull, the center line of the rope should be immediately above the line marked on the ground.

- Both teams pull the rope, the winner being the team that manages to pull the mark on the rope closest to their opponents over the center line.

- The rope must be pulled underarm, and nobody’s elbow must go below the knee, otherwise a foul will be called.

- Matches are often a best-of-three pull, the winner winning two out of the three pulls.

- Both teams have to compete barefoot.

Scoring:

Teams are pitted against each other, usually in a best of three match, and there is a form of scoring, in that the winner of the match must win two out the three pulls to win the match.

Winning the Game:

Each team has a mark on their end of the rope 4m from the center. The team that is pulled by the opposition towards the center, whose mark goes over the center line, is declared the loser. With matches often being the best of three, it is that successfully winning two out of three pulls that determines the winner.