Finn takes gold at mobile phone throwing contest
A young competitor throws a moble phone at the annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship in Savonlinna, Eastern Finland in 2004.
SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) - Anyone wanting to throw away their mobile phone can do it in style and may even win a medal -- at the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship.
任何人想要扔掉自己的手机都可以找到时尚且可获得奖励的方法——去参加芬兰举行的世界扔手机锦标赛吧！
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.
这项扔手机游戏最初是芬兰临近俄罗斯边境一小镇的当地游戏。上周六（26日），第7届世界扔手机锦标赛吸引了大约100名参赛者，有的选手甚至从加拿大、俄罗斯和比利时赶来。
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.
大赛创立者克里斯蒂娜·伦德说，该赛事不但是轻度锻炼的好方式，同样还具有环保意义，“二手市场上有许多手机，我们在它们变成有毒废料前重复利用”。
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."
伦德说，参赛选手都有自己喜爱的投掷手机品牌，“人们根据大小、颜色和握在手中的舒适度选择手机……有的人觉得重的手机扔得更远，有的人则喜欢扔轻的”。
This year's gold medal went to Finland's Lassi Etelatalo, who flung a scrapped Nokia unit a forceful 89.00 metres. "I prepared by javelin throwing, I haven't really practised throwing mobile phones," Etelatalo told Reuters.
今年扔手机大赛的金牌得主是芬兰人拉西·埃泰莱塔洛。他将一部废弃的诺基亚手机掷出89米远。他说：“我一直用扔标枪来练习，我从来没有真正练习扔过手机。”
The inventive Finns had already given the world the Sauna World Championships and the Wife Carrying Competition before coming up with a new way to make mobile phones even more mobile.
在举办扔手机大赛前，富有想象力的芬兰人已经创办了世界蒸桑拿锦标赛、背老婆大赛等。
