The 2012 North American Wife-Carrying Championship
Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen traveled from Helsinki, Finland ¿ where they won the World Wife Carrying Championship ¿ to participate in this contest, the North American Wife Carrying Championship. Incentive: Winners receive the woman's weight in beer and five times her weight in cash.
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