Posted on 07/05/2009 3:33:53 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
HELSINKI (AFP) — Finland put an end to Estonia's 11-year reign and took gold and bronze on Saturday at the annual Wife-Carrying World Championships held in Sonkajaervi, central Finland, organisers said.
Taisto Miettinen raced through a 250-metre (273-yard) course with two hurdles and a pool in 62 seconds, carrying Kristiina Haapanen on his back. The winners beat Estonia's Alar Voogla and Kristi Viltrop by 0.1 seconds.
Miettinen has been attending the competition for a decade now and said he was pleased to finally win.
"A couple of times I have lost by 0.1 seconds and I have stumbled. Our win tastes now really good," Miettinen said in a statement.
Although Estonia's long chain of wins in wife-carrying was brought to an end, Voogla said he was happy with silver and added the cool and cloudy weather had an impact on their race.
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In Poland, the wives carry the husbands.
Love your tagline and your comment!
How many wives can a Saudi carry?
Do some countries who enter this competition use either two men or two women, because they are countries that include gay marriage? Is this competition sued by gays for possibly excluding gay married couples from also competing?
How could Mormons who practiced polygamy successfully compete in this?
By being IFBB Pro Bodybuilders?
Hm!
Wow, I don’t even want to think what happens when... you know, when a guy exerts himself, and.. well, the abdominal muscles tighten and intra-abdominal pressure goes up and... y’know, look where her face is and everything...
Wife-Carrying: It’s Haapanen in Helsinki...
......How could Mormons who practiced polygamy successfully compete in this?.......
There aren’t very many but serious competition is a family affair. The family gets a new..... she’s 13 and under 100 pounds
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