Finnish couple Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen took first place in the North American Wife Carrying Championship, which took place Saturday at Sunday River in Maine. The pair completed the race, a 260-yard course that includes sand traps, water holes, and hurdles, in 53.22 seconds. The couple used the popular , in which the woman wraps her legs around her man鈥檚 neck and hangs down, facing his back. Their prize was a check for $530 and 鈥渢he woman鈥檚 weight in beer.鈥 This is Miettinen and Haapanen鈥檚 second wife carrying title, having already won the World Championship in Helsinki this past July.