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Fastest time to complete the World Coal Carrying Championship race (male)

Fastest time to complete the World Coal Carrying Championship race (male)
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Who
David Jones
What
4:06 minute(s):second(s)
Where
United Kingdom (Gawthorpe)
When
17 April 1995

David Jones (UK) holds the record for the annual Coal Carrying Championship race at Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire, carrying a 50 kg (110 lb) bag over the 1012.5 m (1107.2 yd) course in 4 min 6 sec on two separate occasions: 1 April 1991 and 17 April 1995.

Each year, competitors set off from the Royal Oak Public House in Ossett, with men carrying a 50 kg (110 lb) bag, and women a 20 kg (44 lb) bag of coal. The championship was founded in 1963.