Finn takes gold at mobile phone throwing contest
27 August 2006 by axxxr The seventh annual contest of Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship held in Finland on Saturday,drew some 100 throwers from as far afield as Canada, Russia and Belgium.
Founder Christine Lund describes the event as a good source of light exercise with an environmentally friendly twist. "There are a lot of mobile phones on the second-hand market, and we are recycling them (before they become toxic waste),"she said. The 7th international Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships took place in Savonlinna on Saturday the 26th of August.The new champion is Lassi Etelätalo, Finland with result 89,00 m. In the Original individual categorysecond was last year's champion Mikko Lampi with 87,17 meters and the third was Tomi Kurvi with a result of 80,20 meters.
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