In pictures: Daredevils tumble for glory at Gloucester's annual cheese-rolling race

Published connected 27/05/2025 - 11:30 GMT+2•Updated 15:32

A German YouTuber and a London thrill-seeker took apical honours (and apt a fewer bruises) astatine 1 of Britain’s astir chaotic and bizarre sporting traditions: nan yearly Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.

For nan 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, Munich’s Tom Kopke threw be aware to nan wind, hurtling down nan 200-yard, astir vertical elevation aft a runaway instrumentality of Double Gloucester successful beforehand of thousands of spectators.

“All nan group astatine nan apical said they were going to bargain my title but this is mine,” a shirtless Kopke declared arsenic he clutched his prize - nan 7-pound (3-kilogram) circle of cheese. “I risked my life for this. It’s my cheese. Back to back.”

In nan women’s race, Ava Sender Logan from London came retired victorious. “I will astir apt consciousness it tomorrow,” she said. “It felt rather agelong coming down and past I deed my head. I’m down, that’s what matters. I’m fine.”

The origins of this chaotic arena stay unclear, though it’s believed to day backmost overmuch further than its first recorded mention successful 1826.

Take a look beneath to spot nan day’s melodramatic moments captured successful photos.