She's always on my back

Estonia has pulled off an impressive one-two in the 2007 Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi in Finland, notching up a four-year unbeaten record in the process. Estonian couples came first and second in the event, the winners rewarded with the wife's weight in beer for their efforts.

Given this year's championships attracted more than 50 couples from countries as far afield as Australia, Japan and South Africa, many of which have their own national associations, you have to wonder how long it will be before it becomes an Olympic sport.