While the world's winter sports elite continue their quest for Gold in Russia, the "biggest and most important world nail art contest" recently wrapped up in Italy.

Last week, seventeen of the world's top nail artists were in Rome to judge thousands of contestants from 50 countries in the fourth annual Nailympics.

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Skilled technicians competed in four contests during the event that's described as "celebrating beauty, fantasy and innovation, where technology and passion meet in order to create an astonishing show of colors and graphics that no visitor will ever forget."

And we thought doing the inverted French manicure was tough!