Sporting Event Of The Week (18)
Do you prefer your drink shaken or stirred?
Either way it was probably best to give the Avenida de Mayo, one of Buenos Aire’s busiest streets, a miss last weekend. Yes, it was the annual waiters race, an event which has been held since 1908 when seven waiters challenged each other to see who was the fastest.
368 waiters, men and women, competed in this year’s event, the aim being to see who could complete the 1,600 metre course carrying a loaded tray the fastest. Of course, to win you had to ensure you didn’t spill a drop. The rules require participants to carry the tray using only one hand.
Competitors are split into age groups and the winner of the 31 to 45-year-old category this year was the aptly named Walter Kantor. Perhaps not so much a canter as a trot.
Whatever his style, it obviously worked.
