Would you ever imagine snails competing like the Kenyan athletes do? Yes… they do! And there is actually a winner of a who most of you would say is the ‘’kipchoge version of a snail’’.
The 2019 championship were held on 20th July 2019 and this year's winner is a snail called Sammy owned by Maria Welby from Grantham, Lincolnshire. Sammy covered the 13 inch course in 2 mins 38 secs. Maria said "I am ecstatic. I went out this morning, an ordinary woman and now I'm the owner of a world champion. "I felt so excited all the time." Two hundred and fifteen snails battled it out this year and there were 13 snails in the final.
The next Championships will be held on 19 July 2020 on the cricket field at Congham , Norfolk, UK (nearest postcode PE32 1AH).
kipchoge version of a snail
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