Kelly Gneiting is a three time " U.S. National Sumo Champion", who placed fifth at the 2006 world championships in Japan. He is now the world record holder as heaviest person to ever run a marathon and finish. In fact at 400 pounds he blew the former record holder of 275 pounds away. Gneiting who never doubted his ability to finish said, "I honestly think I'm one of the best athletes in the world," according to the LA Times. Gneiting had run a marathon in 2008 and finished in a time of 11 hours 52 seconds. He managed to beat that time by more than 2 hours running a time of 9 hours 48 minutes in the L.A. marathon. Gneiting said he became delirious from about the 10 mile marker on and had decided he would crawl to the finish if he had to.
LA Times
LA Times
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