About two dozen couples have taken part in the U.K. Wife Carrying Race, one of the country's quirkiest annual sports events. On Sunday, couples sprinted up and down a grassy hillside in southern England with one partner carrying the other. The sport is linked to an old Finnish legend, though organizers and contestants keep things silly with fancy dress, obstacles and buckets of water. Many use the “Estonian Hold,” with the rider hanging upside down. Finland’s Teemu Touvinen and Jatta Leinonen were crowned the winners and won a barrel of local ale.
