![Competitor Christophe Riffaud shears a sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/06/11/e966ff3629b9439e99ec520b93820b86.jpg)
Competitor Christophe Riffaud shears a sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)
![Assistants handle the wool from freshly shorn sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/06/11/0b3a9f752792434a861444ea7cc93610.jpg)
Assistants handle the wool from freshly shorn sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)
![Assistants handle the wool from freshly shorn sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/06/11/aabb2a5970204d99a01d06013a298462.jpg)
Assistants handle the wool from freshly shorn sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)
![Competitor Gilles Grancher shears a sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/06/11/9a67b9e189a04eee94752d63297a9410.jpg)
Competitor Gilles Grancher shears a sheep on June 9, 2018 during the 24 hours sheep shearing contest in Coulonges, western France. Over the course of the 24-hour contest more than 2,500 sheep are shorn by two teams of three shearers with an average of one sheep per minute. (Photo/Agencies)