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Title:FRANCE: Over 400 contestants run through Paris in waiter's race
Date:23rd September 1990
Summary:GV DOZENS OF CONTESTANTS RUNNING WITH TRAYS AND GLASSWARE THROUGH FIRST STAGE OF RACE
SV WAITER CLEANING UP BROKEN BOTTLE
SV CONTESTANTS WALKING DURING ONE SECTION OF RACE
GV FINALISTS RUNNING DOWN RUE DE LA PAIX, L'OPERA IN BACKGROUND
GV/SV FINALISTS NEARING FINISH LINE AT HOTEL DE VILLE, SPECTATORS APPLAUDING (2 SHOTS)
GV/PAN WAITER NUMBER 25 NEARING FINISH LINE, BOTTLE TIPS OVER AND ALMOST FALLS ON GROUND
GV/PAN ENTRANT WHO LOST BOTTLE AND BOTH GLASSES RACING TO FINISH LINE
GV/SCU WOMAN FINALISTS APPROACHING FINISH LINE, THEN BEING INTERVIEWED (2 SHOTS)
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Embargoed:8th October 1990 13:00
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Location:PARIS, FRANCE
Country:France
Topics:Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
Reuters ID:LVA526E3IYMKTB2641FVJLJW6ZOH
Story Text: More than 400 waiters and waitresses competed in Paris's 13th annual Waiters' Race on Sunday (September 23), covering an 8-kilometre (5-mile) route beginning and ending at the capital's Hotel de Ville (City Hall).
The rules of the contest, which began in 1977, oblige competitors - all wearing their full waiter or waitress uniforms - to run with an ordinary serving tray, carrying a water-filled bottle and two glasses with one hand.
A contest spokesman said that any entrant who broke a bottle or a glass, as well as anyone holding the tray with two hands, would be disqualified.
There were several broken bottles and glasses along the route past some of Paris's most famous streets and buildings, but no one was reported cut by broken glass.
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