Dozens chased wheels of cheese down the steep Cooper’s Hill in England as part of an annual tradition. In nearby Tetbury, competitors carried sacks of wool up and down Gumstool Hill.
Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: cheese rolling. Cheered by several thousand spectators, scores of reckless racers chased 7-pound wheels of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England. The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese in each race gets to keep it.
'You start and then the adrenaline takes over and you just go, go go,' Kopke said. 'Look at this event, look at this hill,' added the muddy, breathless winner. 'England is mad. I love it.' Local competitors Josh Shepherd and Dylan Twiss from Perth, Australia won the other two men's downhill races. Abby Lampe from North Carolina triumphed in the women’s race with a lighting-fast roll that left the rest of the field far behind.
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