Hungarians grab their partners in nation's wife-carrying contest

Participants compete in a wife-carrying championship in Tapiobicske, Hungary, August 7, 2021. REUTERS/Marton Monus

TAPIOBICSKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Some 40 Hungarian husbands, with their wives on their backs, clambered over rough terrain on Saturday in the nation's second wife-carrying contest.

A previous race in October attracted only a dozen couples.