Finnish Couple Win Quirky Wife Carrying Race in Dorking

Teemu Tuovinen and Jatta Leinonen from Finland won the annual UK Wife Carrying Race in Dorking with a time of 1 minute 45 seconds.

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Every year in Sonkajärvi, Finland, teams race a short obstacle course while carrying their partners — the winner gets the carried partner’s weight in beer. Part sport, part festival, all good fun. 🇫🇮🏃‍♂️🍺 #WifeCarrying #Sonkajärvi #FunTraditions

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Finland’s Wife Carrying World Championship — Sonkajärvi’s Eukonkanto | Takfe

If you’ve ever wondered whether a real sport exists where people race while carrying a partner, it does — and it’s in Sonkajärvi, Finland. The Wife Carrying ...

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#Running adjacent sports
- #rucksacking (running with a really heavy backpack)
- #plogging (running and picking up trash, or where I live, there is so much you're might as well walk the 3 feet between trash items)
- #orienteering (running while lost in the forest)
- #wifecarrying ... go ask the Finns
- #steeplechase ... running + hurdles + puddles
- #hashing (running from bar to bar)
- #towerrunning (Running up the stairs in a really tall building)
- #trailrunning (Running with trip hazards)