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A German YouTuber and a London thrill-seeker took top honours (and likely a few bruises) at one of Britain’s most chaotic and bizarre sporting traditions: the annual Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.
BROCKWORTH, Gloucester — A German YouTuber tripped, stumbled and tumbled his way to victory for the second year running at one of Britain’s zaniest sports contests. Tom Kopke, of Munich, was king of ...
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake returns to Brockworth, Gloucestershire on Monday, May 29, 2023. The annual event, which sends contestants barreling down the 200-yard-long hill to race after ...
The winner of this year's Gloucester cheese rolling race was unconscious by the time she crossed the finish line. Delaney Irving, who won the women's race, found out she won when she woke up in the ...
BROCKWORTH, England (AP) — A German YouTuber tripped, stumbled and tumbled his way to victory for the second year running at one of Britain’s zaniest sports contests. Tom Kopke, of Munich, was king of ...
Participants compete in the women's downhill race during the Cheese Rolling contest at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, Monday. The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual ...
A 19-year-old woman from Canada was knocked out while competing in England’s annual Cheese Rolling event on Monday, but won the women’s race anyway. “I remember hitting my head, I remember it hurting ...
Widecombe Fair is host to the annual Uncle Tom Cobley Downhill Race, a fastest-first scramble set in the Dartmoor village of ...
Cooper Cummings, who grew up in Lake Stevens, defeated a world record-holder in Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake. LAKE STEVENS — A man with Snohomish County roots traveled to England to run ...
LONDON — The big cheese of extreme U.K. sports events is back. Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese ...