国外媒体:芬兰举行背老婆世锦赛 上届冠军成功卫冕

Finns win wife-carrying world championship

Finland continued to reign¹ in the world wife-carrying championships on Saturday as Taisto Miettinen sprinted² fastest along 253-metres (832-feet) track, carrying Kristiina Haapanen upside-down on his back.

The couple, who also won the world championship title last year, finished the race in one minute and five seconds.

Estonia's Alar Voogle and Kristi Viltrop tripped in the water obstacle and were second some five seconds behind the winners.

Finns Ilpo Haalisto and Satu Juurinen got bronze.

The winning couple trained together throughout the year.

"Before I have been a lot of in a gym, but nowadays I have run a lot and that is the secret," Miettinen said after the race in hot and sunny conditions.

The race, held for the 15th time attracted 55 couples from 15 countries, including Australia, Ireland and Poland, to compete in the remote eastern Finnish village of Sonkajarvi, some 485 kilometers (302 miles) northeast of the capital Helsinki.

The wife-carrying competition has its roots in a legend of Ronkainen the Robber and his gang who lived in the forests and stole food and girls from villages.

一年一度的背老婆世界锦标赛于上周六举行，芬兰人在本届比赛中再度夺冠。当天，一个名叫泰斯托?米耶蒂宁的男子倒扛着他的妻子克丽斯蒂娜?哈帕宁，以最快的速度跑完了253米（832英尺）的比赛全程。

这对上届比赛的卫冕冠军在本次比赛中用时1分零5秒完成了比赛。

来自爱沙尼亚的艾拉?弗苟和克丽斯提?维尔特洛普夫妇在水障碍区中绊倒，以5秒之差屈居第二。

芬兰人伊尔坡?哈里斯托和萨图?尤瑞宁获得铜牌。

泰斯托?米耶蒂宁和克丽斯蒂娜?哈帕宁这一年来一直在一起训练。

比赛当天艳阳高照，十分炎热。米耶蒂宁在赛后说：“之前我常去健身房，但现在我经常跑步，这就是我获胜的秘诀。”

背老婆世锦赛至今已举办第十五届，此次比赛吸引了来自15个国家的55对夫妇参加，其中包括澳大利亚、爱尔兰和波兰。比赛在芬兰东部偏僻的松卡耶尔维村庄举行，该村庄位于首都赫尔辛基东北部约485公里（302英里）处。

背老婆比赛源于芬兰的一个“强盗龙凯宁”传说。龙凯宁和他的同伙们住在森林里，从附近的村庄偷食物，抢姑娘。

1 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

2 sprinted   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
• Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句