It turned out that most of the entrants had thought it was a throw-on-a-thong competition, so they just held their beers while Stevo won it uncontested.
hernias are a dangerous part of world-class competitive thong throwing. You can see here that all the top class entrants have built up extremely strong abdominal muscles to protect against the dangers of the sport.
Everyone was too tanked to notice that Bazza's record throw was actually wind assisted- in contravention of rule 24.1 of the Thong Throwing Regulations.