Send In The Ringers

This is kind of amusing. A big promotional event was held in Germany on what I am assuming is Berlin's answer to Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (that's what the article implies, anyway). What was unusual is that it was a footrace for women wearing stiletto heels. It was won easily by a 25 year old psychology student named Nadine Sonnabend.

It took Nadine Sonnabend just 12 seconds to run the 100 metres (328 feet) on her seven centimetre-high heels (almost three inch), said the organisers of the Stiletto Run, which is being held as part of the Global Fashion Festival.

"I much prefer tennis," admitted Nadine, as she walked off with her 10,000-euro (12,800-dollar) voucher to spend at Berlin's most prestigious department store KaDeWe, admitting that she rarely wears high heels.

I thought I'd see if I could find a picture of the winner, so I searched on Google. This is when it started getting funny. It seems that a psychology student named Nadine Sonnabend appears to be quite prominent in German track sports. I don't speak German, so I had to rely on Babel Fish, but this website seems to indicate that Nadine Sonnabend, a psychology student from Mainze is a hurdler (the translation is really rough). This one says that a Nadine Sonnabend of Mainze also does pole vaulting. So does this one. She appears to be nationally ranked, though I'm guessing on that based on the number of citations and rankings she has.

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we got us a ringer! I have no idea if this violates any rules, I just thought it amusing.