The resort of Sunny River in Western Maine isn't normally associated with sporting heroics. But on Sunday, it saw 43 dedicated teams of athletes battle it out for supremacy in that noblest of sporting events: the North American Wife Carrying Championships. Perhaps unexpectedly, given that this is an event traditionally associated with Wife Carrying, the couples don't actually have to be married. And in good news for gender equality, the woman can carry the man if that works better for them.
Couples must navigate a 250 metre obstacle course in the fastest time possible. Many teams favour the 'Estonian' carry, where the 'wife' holds her 'husband' around his waist and tightens her legs about his neck, thereby freeing the husband's hands.
After a hard fought competition, Reeder Famnestock and Sarah Silverberg of New Hampshire claimed victory in the final, after a stumble in the water left Austin Stonebreaker and Cary Girod in second place.
Victory allowed Famnestock and Silverberg to finally lay to rest the memory of last year - when the duo missed out by just three tenths of a second, the closest margin in the event's history.
The duo won the impressive prize of Sarah's weight in beer, and five times her weight in cash – which came to $610.
They will go on to represent their country in the world championships, which take place in Sonkajarvi, Finland next summer.
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