Britain finally manage to bag some gold medals at an international competition, 다파벳 after three Brits won the first-ever world litter-picking championships by picking up 83kg of rubbish in just 45 minutes.
Alexander Winship, Jonathan Winship and Sarah Parry, who competed as a team under the name ‘The North will Rise Again’, beat 20 countries in the Spogomi World Cup 2023, held in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district on Wednesday.
The trio managed to blow the other competitors out of the water, winning by nearly 3,000 points after bagging 61 pounds more rubbish than their closest rival, Japan, which came in second place.
Parry, 28, told the Times: ‘It’s such a good sport. It’s so strategic and intense; physically, psychologically. It involves real teamwork, it’s absolutely exhausting.
‘You only get a certain number of bags. You have to decide what type of litter you’re going to pick up depending on how many points each category is worth.’
Alexander Winship, Jonathan Winship and Sarah Parry (pictured) brought home three gold medals after winning the Spogomi world championships
The UK team, named ‘The North will Rise Again’, managed to pick up 83 kg of rubbish from the streets of Shibuya, in Tokyo
Competitors, armed with gloves, metal tongs and plastic rubbish bags, have to collect as much litter as possible in a tiny 1.9 square mile area of Shibuya, known for housing two of the busiest railway stations in the world, in just 45 minutes.