A woman was injured on Sunday during the UK Wife Carrying Championships in Dorking, Surrey.<br /><br />The man carrying her slipped in mud, sending the woman falling to the ground head-first.<br /><br />She appeared to have injured her back and was stretchered away by paramedics.<br /><br />There was no word on her condition.<br /><br />The bizarre annual event sees 40 participants carry their "wives" over the 380 metre course.<br /><br />The event is based on the Finnish legend of “Ronkainen the Robber,” whose gang pillaged villages and took the women.<br /><br />There's no requirement for the couples taking part to actually be married, or to even be romantically involved, and they can choose who carries whom.
