Annual wife-carrying championship attracts many couples in competition
- An annual event involving beer and cash once again drew dozens of eager competitors to a ski resort in Maine on Saturday.
The sport’s origin story isn’t exactly politically correct. It’s based on a 19th century Finnish legend involving a man known as “Ronkainen the Robber,” whose gang was known to pillage villages and carry away the women, according to one of the explanations included on the website wife-carrying.org. One contestant — the carrier — was dressed as Mr. Incredible, while his “wife” was dressed entirely in pink. They and others were cheered on heartily by crowds on both sides of the course at Sunday River ski resort. Most managed to navigate the grassy hillside, but a few stumbled in the mud, their female partners jumping off before they regrouped and kept going.
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