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The [annual / annually] World Pie Eating Championships in England ended [on / in] disaster on Friday because the pies were too big. A competition [working / worker] made a mistake and ordered pies that were the wrong size. In [facts / fact] , the pies [used / useful] in the contest were twice as big as the rules say they should be. The pies for the competition in Wigan, England, got [delivered / delivery] to a nearby [divorce / divorced] party. The competition was stopped when organisers said the rules had been [broke / broken] . The competition pies should be a diameter of 12cm and a [depth / deep] of 3.5cm. The meat and potatoes in the pies should be no more than [cubs / cubes] of 1cm. Barry Rigby, 37, a part-time fitness instructor, had set the fastest time of 42.6 seconds.

The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually [held / holding] at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England. It has been held [since / for] 1992. It started with competitors [trying / tried] to eat meat and potato pies as fast as they could. However, in 2006, a vegetable pie was [plus / added] after pressure from England's Vegetarian Society. The speed-eating competition has had a few problems in the [passed / past] . In 2005, there were protests [so / because] the pies were not from Wigan. A [year / yearly] later, the competition had to change to meet government healthy-eating [gridlines / guidelines] . Contestants then had to eat one pie as quickly as they could [rather / instead] of as many pies as they could. And in 2007, disaster [happened / happening] when the competition ran out of pies.


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