KIEV - A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumplingeating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday.
Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half a minute to win first place and a one-litre jar of sour creamin the contest held in the town of Tokmak in the southeastern Zaporizhya region on September18, Fakty I Kommentarii newspaper said.
Shortly afterwards, Mendel became unwell and died, according to local news websites.
Dumplings, called "vareniki" in the former Soviet republic, are a staple of Ukrainian cuisine andare often stuffed with a range of fillings from mushrooms to cherries.
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