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Taisto Miettinen
Taisto Miettinen (born 20 June 1965) is a Finnish athlete. He has won the World champion gold medals for the Water Running 2004, Iron Bar Walking 2012 and Bog Snorkelling 2012, and Kicksled 2014 and was also the winner of the Wife Carrying World Championships in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, & 2022. He has been the oldest contestant, who has won World Championship in wife carrying. He has won 13 medals in wife-carrying World Championship competitions. He has also won a gold medal in the Finnish championship of snowshoe running in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2014, winter swimming in 2010, silver in the WC competition, and many Finnish champions in the sprint. Miettinen has reached a total of 10 World Championship titles, 19 World Champion medals, 11 Finnish Championship titles, 19 Finnish Championship medals, 9 foreign countries championships as well as 17 foreign countries championship medals, many other titles and records, as well as two world record time (water running 50m and Wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Running
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food, energy or organic micronutrients. Its chemical formula, H2O, indicates that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. The hydrogen atoms are attached to the oxygen atom at an angle of 104.45°. "Water" is also the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard temperature and pressure. A number of natural states of water exist. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds consist of suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water covers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Bar Walking
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in front of oxygen (32.1% and 30.1%, respectively), forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust. In its metallic state, iron is rare in the Earth's crust, limited mainly to deposition by meteorites. Iron ores, by contrast, are among the most abundant in the Earth's crust, although extracting usable metal from them requires kilns or furnaces capable of reaching or higher, about higher than that required to smelt copper. Humans started to master that process in Eurasia during the 2nd millennium BCE and the use of iron tools and weapons began to displace copper alloys, in some regions, only around 1200 BCE. That event is considered the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bog Snorkelling
Bog snorkelling is a sporting event where competitors aim to complete two consecutive lengths of a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog in the shortest time possible, wearing traditional snorkel, diving mask and flippers. They complete the course without swimming, relying on flipper power alone. The current world record was set by Neil Rutter in 2018, with a time of 1 min 18.81 seconds. The women's world record stands at 1 minute 22.56 seconds by Kirsty Johnson in 2014. Both were set at the Waen Rhydd bog, Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales. Rules *A water-filled trench in length must be cut through a peat bog by the organisers. *Competitors must wear snorkels, mask and flippers. *A wetsuit is not compulsory, but is often worn. *Bog snorkelling competitors must traverse two consecutive lengths totalling in the shortest time possible. *The course must be completed without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. World Record history World Bog Snor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wife Carrying
Wife carrying ( fi, eukonkanto or akankanto, et, naisekandmine, sv, kärringkånk) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female partner. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi, Finland. Several types of carrying may be practised: either a classic piggyback, a fireman's carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian-style (wife upside-down on his back with her legs over the neck and shoulders). History Eukonkanto originated in Finland. Tales have been passed down of a man named Herkko Rosvo-Ronkainen (aka Ronkainen the Robber). This man was thought to be a robber in the late 1800s who lived in a forest. He supposedly ran around with his gang of thieves causing harm to villagers. From what has been found, there are three ideas as to why/how this sport was invented. Firstly, that Rosvo-Ronkainen and his thieves were accused of stealing food and abducti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live With Kelly And Michael
''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' (or simply ''Live'') is an American syndicated morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. Executive produced by Michael Gelman, the ''Live with...'' show formula has aired under various hosts since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in New York City and 1988 nationwide. , it is produced by WABC. With roots in ''A.M. Los Angeles'' and ''A.M. New York'', ''Live'' began as ''The Morning Show'', hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey; the show rose to national prominence as ''Live with Regis and Kathie Lee'' when Philbin was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford. That incarnation of the program ran for 12 years and continued as ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' for another decade before Ripa, after hosting with guest co-hosts for nearly a year, was paired with former NFL star Michael Strahan. The franchise has had longstanding success and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Hosts. On January 19, 2016, the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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