Grab your wife, and head down to Finland’s 253-meter sand, grass, gravel, and water track in the remote village of Sonkajarvi! Only don’t put her down when you get there. That is, if you want a shot at the Wife-Carrying World Championship title.
But good luck trying to beat the two-year reigning champs, Taisto Miettinen
... and Kristiina Haapanen, who out-carried over 50 other couples from 15 countries this past July. Forget diamonds—nothing says forever like a one-minute and five-second sprint. Especially when it includes something only elusively described as a one-meter deep “water obstacle.”
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