IShowSpeed randomly entered a wife-carrying competition in Finland.
During his visit to Finland on Monday (July 14), Speed was taken to compete in a wife-carrying competition, known locally as Eukonkanto.
Despite complaining that his back was “killing” him—likely from having been lit on fire in a sauna earlier in the stream—Speed agreed to carry a female partner in the traditional Estonian-style position, where the woman hangs upside down with her legs wrapped around the man’s shoulders. This method keeps the runner’s arms free for better agility, per the Associated Press.
As the race began near the three-hour and 49-minute mark in the stream linked here, Speed struggled immediately.
“Damn, this bitch heavy,” he said while running. “Damn, you heavy as fuck.”
Moments later, Speed slipped and fell on a soapy tarp-like slip ‘n slide and dropped his partner. While on the ground, he realized that other contestants were continuing the race on all fours through the obstacle.
Speed briefly attempted to rejoin the contest but fell yet again.
“Man, fuck this shit, bro,” he said before abandoning his teammate and bolting through the remaining course, which included a small swimming pool.
Nevertheless, Speed was still declared the winner and triumphantly claimed, “I am now the wife-carrying world [champion].”
According to Euronews, the actual Wife-Carrying World Championship was held on July 4 and 5 in Sonkajärvi, Finland and featured over 200 participants from 18 countries. The competition had been held annually in the city since 1992.
Traditionally, the competition involves men carrying female partners—who must be at least 17 years old but not necessarily legally married—over a 253.5 meter (about 832 foot) course featuring sand, hurdles, and a water obstacle.
The winners reportedly receive the wife’s weight in beer.
According to the competition’s official website, this year’s official champions were Caleb and Justine Roesler from the United States, who set a new course record of 1:01:17.
The competition’s origins, as noted by AP, trace back to a controversial 19th-century Finnish legend about a bandit named Ronkainen the Robber, who supposedly carried stolen women on his back.