Women in St. Petersburg took part in a high-heel sprint, to win a shopping voucher. More information and pictures can be found here.
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So was the prize money applicable to a doctor’s visit for the sprained ankles and so on?
(formerly JP):
This is the Russian city, as far as I can figure out.
[...] Women compete in a high-heel sprint in St. Petersburg on 21 July 2007. Approximately 100 women took part in the race wearing high-heeled shoes with a required minimum height of 9 centimetres to compete for a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (approximately 2,000 US dollars). Via Feminist Philosophers. [...]