Әйел көтеріп жүгіру жарысы

Sport where men carry women through an obstacle track

Wife carrying ( or akankanto, , kärringkånk) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female partner. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced in 1992 at , Finland. Several types of carrying may be practised: either a classic piggyback, a fireman's carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian style (wife upside down on his back with her legs over the neck and shoulders).

originated in Finland. Tales have been passed down of a man named (aka the Robber). This man was thought to be a robber in the late 1800s who lived in a forest. He supposedly ran around with his gang of thieves causing harm to villagers. From what has been found, there are three ideas as to why/how this sport was invented. Firstly, that and his thieves were accused of stealing food and abducting women from villages in the area he lived in, then carrying these women on their backs as they ran away (hence the "wife" or woman carrying). The second suggestion is that young men would go to neighbouring villages, and abduct women to forcibly marry, often women who were already married. These wives were also carried on the backs of the young men; this was referred to as "the practice of wife stealing". Lastly, is the idea that trained his thieves to be "faster and stronger" by carrying big, heavy sacks on their backs, from which this sport evolved. Though the sport is often considered a joke, competitors take it very seriously, just like any other sport. Wife carrying contests have taken place in Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, India, Germany, the UK and other parts of the world besides Finland and nearby Sweden, Estonia and Latvia, and the sport has a category in the Guinness Book of Records.

The US final takes place on the second weekend of July in Menahga Minnesota (MN St. Urho Wife Carry for Charity Challenge). Major wife carrying competitions are also held in Monona, Wisconsin, Minocqua, Wisconsin and Marquette, Michigan.

North American champions Ehrin and April Armstrong were featured as guests on a first season episode of GSN's revival of I've Got a Secret. BBC Presenters Mike Bushell and Steph McGovern reversed the roles when they took part in the UK annual wife carrying competition in 2013, she carried him. The male presenter said this was a first. Margo Uusorg and Sandra Kullas hold the world record time for this competition, finishing the 253.5 metre course in 56.9 seconds in 2006. The main characters in the 2018 film Father of the Year enter (and win) a wife carrying contest.