Asked how he had prepared, he told reporters: “I don’t think you can train for it, can you? It’s just being an idiot. 14 minutes ago Siaya Stalemate: William Oduol Says He Last Spoke to James Orengo 2 Months Ago 18 minutes ago William Oduol Claims He Fuels Official Car, James Orengo Withdrew His Security. 12 days ago Kenyan Newspapers Review: Ruto Suspends 27 Govt Officials from 11 Agencies Over. 9 days ago Kenyan Newspapers Review: Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi Linked to KSh 100. Matt Crolla, 28, from Manchester in northwestern England, won the first of several men’s races. 8 days ago Kenyan Newspapers Review, May 22: Uhuru Kenyatta Defies William Rutos Brigade. “I just remember hitting my head, and now I have the cheese,” said Irving, who comes from Nanaimo, British Columbia. Few competitors manage to stay on their feet all the way down the 200-yard (180 meter) hill, and this year several had to be helped, limping, from the course.Ĭanadian contestant Delaney Irving, 19, won the women’s race despite being briefly knocked unconscious. The rough-and-tumble event often comes with safety concerns. The cheese-rolling race has been held at Cooper’s Hill, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, since at least 1826, and the sport of cheese-rolling is believed to be much older. The first racer to finish behind the fast-rolling cheese gets to keep it. Hundreds of spectators gathered Monday to watch dozens of reckless racers chase a 7-pound (3 kilogram) wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down the near-vertical Cooper’s Hill, near Gloucester in southwest England. LONDON (AP) - The big cheese of extreme U.K. politics, elections, business, arts, culture, health and science, and technology.

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