A Russian sumo wrestler who was dubbed the 'world's strongest kid' weighing 23 stone when he was nine has died at the age of 21. His passing was announced by Betal Gubzhev, 29, the president of Sumo and Mass Wrestling Federation of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Russian region where he lived. Dzhambulat Khatokhov, nicknamed Gladiator by his classmates, pictured aged nine with mother Nelya and elder brother Mukha'None of them discovered anything. She angrily denied putting him on steroids, but encouraged him being called the 'world's strongest boy'. Gubzhev said: 'The first sumo wrestler of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Dzhambulat Khatokhov has passed away.

Source: Daily Mail December 29, 2020 18:02 UTC