SAVONLINNA， Finland （Reuters） - Anyone wanting to throw away their mobile phone can do it in style（別具風(fēng)格的，很成功地）and may even win a medal —— at the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship， Finland's latest contribution to offbeat（不規(guī)則的）athleticism（運(yùn)動(dòng)競賽）。
Originally a local event in this small town close to the Russian border， the seventh annual contest 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（循環(huán)使用）them （before they become toxic waste（有毒廢物）），" she said.
The inventive（善于創(chuàng)造的）Finns had already given the world the Sauna（桑那?。￤orld Championships and the Wife Carrying Competition before coming up with a new way to make mobile phones even more mobile.
This year's gold medal went to Finland's Lassi Etelatalo， who flung（猛投）a scrapped Nokia unit a forceful（有力的）89.00 metres. "I prepared by javelin（標(biāo)槍）throwing， I haven't really practised throwing mobile phones，" Etelatalo told Reuters.
In the freestyle event， Dutchman Elie Rugthoven's phone landed outside the designated area（指定區(qū)域）， but he still won silver thanks to a phone juggling（雜耍）performance that impressed the judges.
Lund says competitors all have their favourite throwing brand. "People choose by size， by colour or by how it fits in the hand …… Some believe a heavy model will ensure a long throw， some want a light one."
（News Source： Reuters ）
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善于發(fā)明不規(guī)則競賽項(xiàng)目的芬蘭人最近又舉行了“手機(jī)投擲大賽”，人們可以自己選擇手機(jī)的大小、顏色和如何投擲。今年的金牌最終歸屬是一位芬蘭人，他把一臺(tái)破舊的諾基亞扔出了89米。芬蘭人還曾經(jīng)發(fā)明過“世界桑那浴大賽”和“背媳婦大賽”。
Originally a local event in this small town close to the Russian border， the seventh annual contest 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（循環(huán)使用）them （before they become toxic waste（有毒廢物）），" she said.
The inventive（善于創(chuàng)造的）Finns had already given the world the Sauna（桑那?。￤orld Championships and the Wife Carrying Competition before coming up with a new way to make mobile phones even more mobile.
This year's gold medal went to Finland's Lassi Etelatalo， who flung（猛投）a scrapped Nokia unit a forceful（有力的）89.00 metres. "I prepared by javelin（標(biāo)槍）throwing， I haven't really practised throwing mobile phones，" Etelatalo told Reuters.
In the freestyle event， Dutchman Elie Rugthoven's phone landed outside the designated area（指定區(qū)域）， but he still won silver thanks to a phone juggling（雜耍）performance that impressed the judges.
Lund says competitors all have their favourite throwing brand. "People choose by size， by colour or by how it fits in the hand …… Some believe a heavy model will ensure a long throw， some want a light one."
（News Source： Reuters ）
Note：
善于發(fā)明不規(guī)則競賽項(xiàng)目的芬蘭人最近又舉行了“手機(jī)投擲大賽”，人們可以自己選擇手機(jī)的大小、顏色和如何投擲。今年的金牌最終歸屬是一位芬蘭人，他把一臺(tái)破舊的諾基亞扔出了89米。芬蘭人還曾經(jīng)發(fā)明過“世界桑那浴大賽”和“背媳婦大賽”。