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"Irishman Paul Robert carries 118 kg Julia Galvin from Ireland in the World Wife Carrying Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland, July 5, 2003. The bizarre event, in which a man carries a woman over a 250 metre obstacle course, is rooted in a local legend about a wife-stealing gang. Revived as a contest 11 years ago, it now draws contestants from all around the world. "
"Irishman Paul Robert carries 118 kg Julia Galvin from Ireland in the World Wife Carrying Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland, July 5, 2003. The bizarre event, in which a man carries a woman over a 250 metre obstacle course, is rooted in a local legend about a wife-stealing gang. Revived as a contest 11 years ago, it now draws contestants from all around the world. "
Wife carrying sure is important sport but I remind you that we have also others, very serious contests
Mostly these championships takes position at summer time, here is some of them:
Mobile phone throwing world championship, last year there was atlethtics from US,Canada,Austria and some other countrys too.
This traditional sport was founded at 1987, at small town on eastern Finland with words: WTF,no signal??!!
How much heat you can take? Sauna champion ship contest
This was before also world champpionship contest but not anymore because one guy from Russia lost his life when trying to take win from finn, so now this is more local sport.
Annual beer floating...I not sure if this contest and if it is, how they pick up the winner? Last summer 5000 peoples was drifting down by the river, with all kind of floating systems and beer.
I am happy to inform that new world record in Mobile phone thrown contest has done.
New record is 101,46 m and I am proud to write that atlethic who done this, is Finn.
Second position went to the South-Africa. Finn throws Olympic distance with old Nokia | Reuters
I am quite sure that on next olympic games, there will be also mobile phone throwing
No I am sad to inform that 2012 air guitar world championship went to the US.
Also second position went to US and third position to Nederlands.
Best finn was on position five...I dont understand, how this is possible?
At next year, gold metal must be returned to Finland !
Results:
1. Justin "Nordic Thunder" Howard, 34,6 (US)
2. Matt "Airistotle" Burns, 34,4 (US)
3. Theun "Tremelo Theun" de Jong, 34,3 (NL)
4. Andro "The Void" Urb, 34,2 (EE)
5. Jaakko "The Colossal" Härkönen, 33,5 (FI)
6. Takehito "Choco Bat Ukai" Saito, 33,4 (JP)
7. Ephraim "The Fame Flame" Noer, 33,3 (DK)?
7. Veronika "Like Ever Gin" Müllerova, 33,3 (CZ)
7. Corentin "AirGus" Fermont, 33,3 (BE)
8. Aline "Devil's Niece" Westphal, 32,8 (DE)
9. Vincent "V-Snyder" Bekaert, 16,4 (FR)
9. Jonathan "Juan Nightstand" Morales 16,4 (UK)
10. Quinten "The Great PretendAir" Rutgers 16,3 (NL)
11. Jan "Geeky Gisbert" Fischer 16,2 (DE)
11. Marie "Moldy Peach" von Borstel 16,2 (DE)
11. Artem "Olympian" Chernov 16,2 (RU)
12. Raphaël "Willy Wantmore" Monnanteuil 16,1 (BE)
12. Bryan "Telerockbies" Antoine 16,1 (BE)
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Julia Galvin from Ireland in the World Wife Carrying Championships in Sonkajarvi, Finland, July 5, 2003. The bizarre event, in which a man carries a woman over a 250 metre obstacle course, is rooted in a local legend about a wife-stealing gang. Revived as a contest 11 years ago, it now draws contestants from all around the world. "
