五连冠芬兰背妻跑步赛_报刊文摘
estonia reigned supreme once again in the wife-carrying world championship on saturday, as margo uusorg sprinted home to win the baltic country's eighth straight title in the offbeat competition.
forty couples from 10 countries gathered in the remote finnish village of sonkajarvi to complete a 253.5-meter-long obstacle course. a man must carry a woman, not necessarily his spouse, through a pool and across hurdles.
the few rules require a minimum weight of 49 kg (108 lb) for the "wife" and state that all contestants must have fun.
uusorg, 25, completed the course in 59 seconds with friend egle soll, 23, clinging to his back in the trademark "estonian carry" -- hanging upside down with her legs clenched around his neck.
uusorg's prizes were his partner’s weight in beer and a high-tech mobile phone.
it was his fourth victory, and the third in a row for his family. brother madis won in 2004.
"we don't have a secret, we just try to run fast and hope the legs work," said uusorg, who works in stockholm as an embassy driver. he warned that the family would be even stronger contenders next year when brother number three, urmet, takes part.
"he holds the estonian record for the 800 meters," uusorg said.
uusorg and soll received first prize from the hands of visiting u.s. basketball legend dennis rodman, who declined to compete, saying he lacked both a wife and proper training.
"i'm not in shape ... it could hurt the back," said the former chicago bulls and detroit pistons forward. but he promised to train for next year.
"i'll carry the kids around the house or something," he said.
some 9,000 people came to view the event, set deep in forests and lakes a couple of hours'drive from the arctic circle. it began in 1992 as a purely finnish contest based on local legend, according to which wife-stealing was once commonplace in the region.
芬兰一年一度的背妻跑步比赛６日在芬兰小镇松卡耶尔维举行，来自爱沙尼亚的一对选手夺得了今年比赛的冠军。这已经是爱沙尼亚人连续第五次夺得这项别出心裁的比赛的桂冠。
据新华社报道，在比赛中，２４岁的米立斯·塔默和２１岁的安娜·西尔伯贝格采用了经典的“爱沙尼亚式背妻法”，即女选手双脚夹住男选手的脖子，倒挂在男选手的背后。他们用１分４秒跑完了２５４米长的赛道，成为今年跑得最快的一对选手。
芬兰的背妻跑步比赛至今已举办了１０届。共有来自８个国家的３６对夫妻或搭档参加了今年的比赛，约８０００人前往现场观看。比赛规定，男选手要背着他的妻子或女搭档在一条崎岖不平的跑道上赛跑，还要跨越两个木头障碍和一个齐胸深的水池。
今年的比赛还增加了一项新规定，即女选手体重不得少于４９公斤，如果低于４９公斤，则需在男选手身上增加重量以达到负重４９公斤的要求。
获得冠军的选手得到的奖品是相当于他的妻子或女搭档的体重的啤酒。今年，这对冠军获得了４８公斤啤酒。
forty couples from 10 countries gathered in the remote finnish village of sonkajarvi to complete a 253.5-meter-long obstacle course. a man must carry a woman, not necessarily his spouse, through a pool and across hurdles.
the few rules require a minimum weight of 49 kg (108 lb) for the "wife" and state that all contestants must have fun.
uusorg, 25, completed the course in 59 seconds with friend egle soll, 23, clinging to his back in the trademark "estonian carry" -- hanging upside down with her legs clenched around his neck.
uusorg's prizes were his partner’s weight in beer and a high-tech mobile phone.
it was his fourth victory, and the third in a row for his family. brother madis won in 2004.
"we don't have a secret, we just try to run fast and hope the legs work," said uusorg, who works in stockholm as an embassy driver. he warned that the family would be even stronger contenders next year when brother number three, urmet, takes part.
"he holds the estonian record for the 800 meters," uusorg said.
uusorg and soll received first prize from the hands of visiting u.s. basketball legend dennis rodman, who declined to compete, saying he lacked both a wife and proper training.
"i'm not in shape ... it could hurt the back," said the former chicago bulls and detroit pistons forward. but he promised to train for next year.
"i'll carry the kids around the house or something," he said.
some 9,000 people came to view the event, set deep in forests and lakes a couple of hours'drive from the arctic circle. it began in 1992 as a purely finnish contest based on local legend, according to which wife-stealing was once commonplace in the region.
芬兰一年一度的背妻跑步比赛６日在芬兰小镇松卡耶尔维举行，来自爱沙尼亚的一对选手夺得了今年比赛的冠军。这已经是爱沙尼亚人连续第五次夺得这项别出心裁的比赛的桂冠。
据新华社报道，在比赛中，２４岁的米立斯·塔默和２１岁的安娜·西尔伯贝格采用了经典的“爱沙尼亚式背妻法”，即女选手双脚夹住男选手的脖子，倒挂在男选手的背后。他们用１分４秒跑完了２５４米长的赛道，成为今年跑得最快的一对选手。
芬兰的背妻跑步比赛至今已举办了１０届。共有来自８个国家的３６对夫妻或搭档参加了今年的比赛，约８０００人前往现场观看。比赛规定，男选手要背着他的妻子或女搭档在一条崎岖不平的跑道上赛跑，还要跨越两个木头障碍和一个齐胸深的水池。
今年的比赛还增加了一项新规定，即女选手体重不得少于４９公斤，如果低于４９公斤，则需在男选手身上增加重量以达到负重４９公斤的要求。
获得冠军的选手得到的奖品是相当于他的妻子或女搭档的体重的啤酒。今年，这对冠军获得了４８公斤啤酒。