Wife caryiing

Wife carrying (Finnish: eukonkanto or akankanto) is a competition in which male compete while each carries a female teammate on their back

Rules:
The length of the official route is 253 meters.
Two ground-based obstacles and a water obstacle.
The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kilograms.
The main rule is that competitors should have fun.

History:
A robber Herkko Rosvo-Ronkainen with his gang stole food and women from nearby villages
People steal other people's wives to marry themselves
Rosvo-Ronkainen trained his thieves to be "faster " by carrying large, heavy bags on their backs