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2019 UK Wife Carrying Race

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© Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/03/2019. Dorking, UK. Competitors being interviewed by media as they prepare to take part in the 2019 annual Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, Surrey. Run over a course of 380m, with both men and women carry a 'wife' over obstacles, the race is believed to have originated in the UK over twelve centuries ago when Viking raiders rampaged into the northeast coast of England carrying off any unwilling local women . Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP

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© Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/03/2019. Dorking, UK. Competitors being interviewed by media as they prepare to take part in the 2019 annual Wife Carrying Race in Dorking, Surrey. Run over a course of 380m, with both men and women carry a 'wife' over obstacles, the race is believed to have originated in the UK over twelve centuries ago when Viking raiders rampaged into the northeast coast of England carrying off any unwilling local women . Photo credit: Ben Cawthra/LNP