Norman Schaefer, a German student from Nonnweiler, has held on to his title of Garbage Can World Champion at the 2012 Garbage Can World Cup in Hermeskeil, Germany.
The 2012 competition, the second-ever to have taken place, was organised by the Hermeskeil-based Garbage Can Association (also known as 'Yes Angels'), took place on 19 August and saw competitors racing through the streets of Hermeskeil on modified wheeled dustbins to win the coveted title of Garbage Can World Champion.
Schaefer fought off competition from 60 other 'drivers' from across the globe, completing the course in the fastest time of 21.1 seconds.
"It is all about technique”, said Schaefer of his win.
"Little contact of the feet to the asphalt and little contact between the garbage can and the ground – so that only those two wheels are rolling," he added.
Up to 6,000 spectators were thought to have attended the event.
Christoph Koenig, Garbage Can World Cup organiser, explained the origins of the competition, saying: "We got the idea at the Nuremburg Ring [Formula 1 race track] when we were on a visit to the Rock at the Ring [music festival].
"There was a garbage can on the ground and someone laid himself on it…And now we have transformed this into the idea of a race and now we are having the Garbage Can World Cup in Hermeskeil."
Watch video of the Garbage Can World Cup 2012 here:
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