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Carry my wife, please!
Finland's sport takes muscle and a willing partner
It's not about sexism, says John Lund, America's wife-carrying champion. It's about sportsmanship. Sure, the sport of wife carrying traces its roots to Rosvo-Ronkainen, a bandit from Finland, who in the late 1800s challenged men to steal wives from neighboring villages. But nowadays, wife carrying is about athleticism, Lund says. And no wives are carried without permission. (Full article: 847 words)
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