Estonians win...the World Wife Carrying Competition.

The World Wife-Carrying Championships were held last weekend! A couple from Estonia won the 250 meter race held in Sonkajarvi, Finland. Sandra Kullas and Margo Uusorg won the GoldenPalace.com sponsored event, beating out 40 other couples from around the world on a track with pools and hurdles, using one of the two traditional carrying styles.Kullas, 19, clung to Uusorg's back upside down with her legs around his neck. They beat Uusorg's bother Madis by 3 seconds. The championship, being held for the 11th time, evokes the legend of robber Rosvo-Ronkainen who made people trying to join his gang run through a forest carrying heavy sacks. Uusorg and Kullas finished in 56.9 seconds, a world record time. It was Uusorg's fifth world-championship and he said it might be his last. The winners received laptop computers and Kullas' weight, 49 kg, in beer.The competition has achieved enormous popularity worldwide spawning North American, Australian, German, South African, and Estonian Championships. But the World Championships will always be in Sonkajärvi where it all started. Last year, Dennis Rodman took part in the race, though without his wife who had recently broken her leg.