By Erica
Earlier this month, we posted about the annual Cheese-Rolling Festival in Gloucestershire, England. We noted that the festival had to be canceled this year because the large number of spectators (15,000 in 2009!) made the event unsafe. Last year 18 people were injured, 10 of whom were just watching.
That didn't stop the cheese rollers, though! This year, 300 people participated in the unofficial event on Cooper's Hill, at which the police provided no medical support in an effort to dissuade participants and spectators from attending.
Chris Anderson a 22-year-old from Brockworth, was the champion for the seventh year in a row, The Telegraph reports. Congrats!
Check out a video of this year's even posted by the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8714229.stm
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