Wife-carrying

This sport was inspired by an ancient Finnish tradition in which a man courted a woman by running to her village, picking her up and carrying her away. In the modern sporting version, the man has to carry the woman along an obstacle course without her feet touching the floor. There is a clear set of rules. The track has to be 253.5 meters long and have one water and two dry obstacles. There are several ways of carrying the woman, including piggyback, fireman is lift (over the shoulder) or Estonian-style (the wife hangs upside down with her legs around the husband is shoulders and holds onto his waist). Whoever completes the course in the fastest time wins the trophy(but not necessarily a wife these days).