芬蘭扔手機大賽 男子創紀錄奪冠

A Finnish teenager has smashed the world record -- and probably his phone -- in this year's annual mobile-phone throwing contest in Finland.

Eighteen-year-old Ere Karjalainen launched a phone the "amazing" distance of 101.46 metres, Finnish public television network YLE said after Saturday's event.

Second place went to South African Jeremy Gallop, who threw a phone 94.67 metres.

According to contest organisers, the competition offers mobile phone users a unique opportunity to "pay back all the frustrations and disappointments caused by these modern equipments."

Finland is the home of Nokia and is awash in obsolete phones, organisers said.

"There will be no doping tests," organisers said on their English website.

"However the jury can rule out the contestant if his/her mental or physical preparedness is not adequate for full a performance."

The event has been held in the southeastern town of Savonlinna since 2000.在芬蘭舉行的年度扔手機大賽中，芬蘭一位青少年打破世界紀錄奪冠，當然他扔出的手機也粉身碎骨。

據芬蘭公共電視網芬蘭廣播公司報道，在上週六的比賽中，18歲的埃林•卡爾亞萊寧把手機扔出驚人的101.46米遠，獲得冠軍。

獲得第二名的是南非人傑裏米•蓋洛普，他的成績是94.67米。

據比賽主辦方介紹，比賽給了手機使用者一個難得的機會“發泄手機帶來的煩惱和失望”。

主辦方說，諾基亞公司總部位於芬蘭，芬蘭到處都是廢棄的手機。

主辦方在英文網站上說：“扔手機比賽中可不用藥檢。”

“但如果選手在精神和體力方面的準備不足以完成比賽，裁判可以拒絕他參賽。”

自2000年開始，比賽每年在芬蘭東南部小鎮薩翁林納舉行。