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Yes, this does exist and you missed it. According to the report:
A Maine couple won the 11th annual North American Wife Carrying Championship today at the Sunday River Ski Resort. Rocco Andreozzi of Bethel and Kim Wasco of Farmington came in first place and won prizes including cash equal to six times Wasco’s weight of 127 pounds.
The event drew 50 couples from all over the United States and Canada. Competitors included Markus Raty and Joline Matika, both of Toronto, who won the Canadian Wife Carrying Championship in 2003-2005. For this event, couples navigated a 278-yard obstacle course while the man carried his wife or teammate over hurdles and through the infamous water trap commonly referred to as the widow maker.
The carry is the competitors’ choice, though most use the “Estonian” carry where the “wife” holds her husband around his waist and tightens her legs around his neck, thereby freeing the husband’s hands.
