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MOSCOW (Reuters) -
Russian sumo wrestler Dzhambulat Khatokhov, who entered the
Guinness World Records as the world's heaviest child in 2003,
has died at the age of 21, sports officials in his native region
said.
Betal Gubzhev, head of the body governing sumo wrestling in the
southern Kabardino-Balkaria region, announced Khatokhov's death
on Instagram on Tuesday, but did not disclose its cause.
The Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid reported that Khatokhov had
suffered from kidney problems.
As a two-year-old, Khatokhov weighed about 34 kilogrammes (75
lbs), and weighed in at around 180 kilogrammes (397 lbs) when he
was 13, according to Russian media.
Wrestling is popular in Russia's North Caucasus area, including
in the regions of Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya and Dagestan.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Andrew
Osborn)
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