A running contest at a ski resort in northern Japan has featured competitors dressed as tyrannosaurus, triceratops and other dinosaurs.

Seventeen people aged from 6 to 60 joined the event on Saturday, which was organized by the city of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture.

The participants wearing colorful costumes were divided into two groups, up to elementary school age, and junior-high and older.

They ran at full stride along a 100-meter course amid cheers and claps from spectators. Some of the runners slipped and tumbled.

The 10-year-old girl who won her division said she had trouble taking a slippery corner and was glad to win. She said she hopes to race again.

A man in his 20s won the older category. He said he gave it everything up to the finish line.