Last Saturday, the 2025 Wife-Carrying World Championships took place in Sonkajärvi, Finland for the 28th time–the ultimate test of speed, strength and love.
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This year’s event saw one of its largest turnouts ever, with 200 competitors from 18 countries and 2,000 spectators lining up to watch.
A US couple has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Wife-Carrying World Championship held in Finland, which also included a separate women’s series this year pic.twitter.com/4JiGDI1Bui — Reuters (@Reuters) July 8, 2025.
“There aren’t many wives in the world who would agree to this,” Caleb told media post-race.
The couple also won the 2024 North American Wife-Carrying Championship in Newry, Maine last October.
Before the Roeslers’ win, every world champion in the event’s history had come from Finland, Lithuania, Estonia or Russia. »