Saddest Competitive Eating Story Ever
By: Anthony Adragna
Published: September 24, 2011

A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a competitive eating by eating 10 dumplings, or vareniki, in 30 seconds but became ill shortly thereafter and died. 
The competition was held in Tokmak in the southeastern Zaporizhya region of the country on September 18. The prize for winning? A one liter jar of sour cream.