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July 28, 2007
High-Heel Sprint in St. Petersburg
Yuri Mamchur

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Originally reported by the Spluch Blog

Women compete in a high-heel sprint in St.Petersburg July 21, 2007. Some 100 Russian women took part in the race wearing high-heeled shoes with a required minimum height of 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) to compete for a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (about $2,000).

More photos in the extended post!

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Posted by Yuri Mamchur on July 28, 2007 3:00 AM |



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Ron Hamilton | August 9, 2007 6:41 PM | Reply

Too cool!

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