A beloved but dangerous tradition in Gloucestershire challenges individuals to race down a steep hill, chasing a rolling wheel of cheese. The primary individual to the cheese in every warmth wins. But it surely’s not as straightforward as it might sound. The hill may be very steep, sending some individuals flying . . . and others to the hospital.
The “world-famous” Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race happens yearly on Cooper’s Hill close to Gloucester within the U.Ok. The competitors befell on the finish of Could this yr, and the primary males’s downhill winner was Tom Kopke, who additionally gained a males’s downhill race final yr.
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In a media interview, Kopke, who’s a German YouTuber, mentioned: “All of the folks there on the prime mentioned they’re going to steal my title, however that is mine. I labored for this. I risked my life for this. It’s my cheese!”
Kopke had a smile on his face as he mentioned these phrases, proudly pointing to the massive cheese wheel that he apparently now will get to maintain. The custom has a protracted, lengthy historical past, extending again to the 1800s.
See a repeat winner of the hilarious cheese-rolling race right here:
Right here’s an homage to previous years of the competitors by way of SoGlos:
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