PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records

PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records
PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records
PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records
PHOTOS: YOU WON WHAT? Bizarre Contests, World Records
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Dongwan, Guangdong, China, March 8, 2009--Young men celebrate International Women's Day by sprinting in high heels.

Galloping atop three-inch (eight-centimeter) heels for 260 feet (80 meters), the competitors hoped to take first prize in the men's division of the race; others participated in the lovers' division with their girlfriends or wives.

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