CINCINNATI -- The annual Running of the Wieners and Gemütlichkeit Games kicked off Oktoberfest Zinzinnati on Fountain Square on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.
Hundreds of spectators gathered at noon to watch more than 100 dachshunds take part in the wiener dog race. Click through the photo gallery to see the winner.
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See WCPO's Ally Kraemer compete in the beer stein race. A barrel race was also held.
More than 650,000 people are expected to come downtown this weekend for the world's biggest Oktoberfest outside of Munich.
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