The Wife-Carrying World Championships: The Prize Is the Wife's Weight in Beer

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000

The finish straight at Sonkajärvi is 253.5 metres of sand and gravel with a chest-deep pit of brown water dug into the middle of it, and the man barrelling towards you has a fully grown adult hanging upside-down off his back like a rucksack that grew legs. She is gripping his waist with both hands. Her ankles are hooked over his shoulders. Her head is somewhere around his kidneys. He can’t see her, she can’t see where they’re going, and the pair of them are moving at a speed that would embarrass most club runners on dry, unencumbered ground. This is the Wife-Carrying World Championships, and the winner will be handed his teammate’s exact bodyweight in beer.

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The Wife-Carrying World Championships: The Prize Is the Wife's Weight in Beer