Russian sumo wrestler, once world's heaviest child, dies aged 21

Dzhambulat Khatokhov [Photo: Courtesy]

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.