NATION : Briton Flips Way to Race Title
England won the 42nd annual Shrove Tuesday International Pancake Race today when a Kansas runner failed to better the time set earlier in the day by a British contestant.
Running in Olney, England, in a snowstorm, Alison Steele covered the 415-yard course in 66 seconds, winning the British leg of the race for the second consecutive year. The winner at Liberal, Donetta Schindler, was almost three seconds slower at 68.95 seconds.
The runners flip a pancake in a pan while covering the course.
England took the lead in the series, 21-20.
Schindler, 25, also won the Kansas heat in 1989, with a time of 65.91 seconds.
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