This is the moment a woman was injured during the UK Wife Carrying Championships in Dorking, Surrey in April.

Christopher Burke was carrying his wife Kate when she slipped in mud, sending her to the ground head-first.

She appeared to have injured her back and was stretchered away by paramedics. According to local reports, Kate sustained ligament damage and bruising.

The bizarre annual event sees 40 participants carry their "wives" over the 380-metre course.

The event is based on the Finnish legend of “Ronkainen the Robber,” whose gang pillaged villages and took the women.

There's no requirement for the couples taking part to actually be married, or to even be romantically involved, and they can choose who carries whom.

Footage of the British Wife Carrying Competition 2018 in Surrey where a woman badly injured her back and had to be stretchered away by paramedics. Slippery, muddy conditions made the going tough for participants. Her condition at present is unknown.