Fourteen year old Australian Samantha-Jane Stacey, won the silver medal at the World Sumo Championships. The event was held over the weekend in Estonia. She won the silver in the heavyweight division of the junior championships, despite a sprained ankle. That's playing with pain.
It turns out, not everyone in ole' Australia is super stoked about Samantha-Jane's accomplishment. Her mom, Sue, is up in arms about some negative comments from people upset at Samantha-Jane's 130kg (286 pounds, roughly) weight.
"Some of the comments were the most disgusting, un-Australian things I've ever read," she said from her Banora Point home.
"The things people say don't worry Sam because she's happy in her own skin. To me, she's beautiful inside and out and I'm so proud of her. She's a gift from God and I love her so much."
Mrs Stacey said her daughter led an active life – playing netball as well as competitive sumo wrestling – and her weight was due to a medical condition rather than a junk food diet.
Who knows if this is good for the aptly named, Sammy Sumo? I've read stories saying how these sumo types are in deceptively good shape. I don't know, maybe this debate is better left to more doctory types, than myself. I'm not a doctor, but I play one in bed. Buh-dum-bum, tsss.
Oh, what the hell is Net Ball?
‡from Deadspin via Courier Mail‡ Sphere: Related Content
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