What is the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling tradition?

Each year competitors hurl themselves down a steep slope in pursuit of the rolling cheese, a tradition thought to date back hundreds of years.

Dozens tumble & SOMERSAULT down hill to chase 8lb wheel of cheese in death-defying annual race watched by thousands

DOZENS of foolhardy competitors tumbled and somersaulted down a hill in pursuit of an 8lb wheel of cheese, as thousands ...
CNN

A wheel of cheese, a steep hill and broken bones: say hello to the world’s most dangerous race

It’s been described as the world’s most dangerous race, and it’s certainly one of the most ridiculous – a 200-yard dash after a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. To win, all you have to do is chase ...
WFAE

Meet Abby Lampe, two-time champion of the cheese-wheel-chasing race

Abby Lampe has done my home state proud again. The North Carolinian competed last week in an event near Gloucester, England. She tumbled down Cooper's Hill, a very steep, somewhat muddy 200 yards, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Chasing cheese wheels or lugging sacks of wool, UK competitors embrace quirky extreme races

LONDONLONDON — Dairy-loving daredevils threw caution to the wind Monday for one of Britain’s most extreme annual events: Cheese rolling. Cheered by several thousand spectators, scores of reckless ...
Bustle

This English Tradition Will Give Cheese Lovers Major FOMO

While National Cheese Day in the U.S. is still a week away, some cheese lovers in England spent the day running after their favorite cheese. Not in the know about cheese chasing? This English ...
Yahoo

A 19-year old Canadian woman was unconscious when she won the UK's extreme, downhill Gloucester cheese-chasing race

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winner of this year's Gloucester cheese rolling race was unconscious by the time she crossed the finish line. Delaney Irving, ...