"Cheese Rolling 2013" was held on May 27th. This year's winners were American Kenny Rackers for men and Lucy Townsend for women.



The Cheese Rolling Festival is an annual event held at Cooper's Hill in the Cotswolds, England. A traditional local festival that has been around since the 1800s, it is now a world-famous event. In Japan, it is said that the participation of the talent Daisuke Miyagawa in 2007 has increased his name recognition.


The rule of the Cheese Rolling Festival is that the round "Double Gloucester Cheese" is rolled from a steep slope and the participants chase after it. The first participant to cross the goal line under the slope wins. Originally the purpose was to catch cheese, but it is practically difficult to catch cheese that can exceed 100 km / h, and it has become the current rule.



By the way, this cheese rolling festival has become a hot topic for the first time in its history because it uses plastic "fake" cheese instead of real cheese.

Diana Smart, an 86-year-old woman, has been providing cheese to the Cheese Rolling Festival since 1986. But this year, Smart was warned by police that if your cheese injured you, you would be held liable. According to Smart, it was close to "threatening."


For this reason, Smart gave up serving cheese this year. The festival organizers also gave up using real cheese and decided to use fake.

The Cheese Rolling Festival is known for injuring people every year. Participation in this festival is free, so there is no insurance. For this reason, in the event of an injury, it was sometimes a question of who would pay for the treatment.



One person broke his leg at this year's festival as well. However, the other participants, including the winners Kenny Rackers and Lucy Townsend, were not seriously injured.

The festival organizers describe the event as an insult to the 200-year-old festival.