Guam judoka tips scales at 218kg
Judo fans were treated to a rare sight at the Olympic competition when Ricardo Blas Jr. of Guam took to the mat in the men's heavyweight competition.
Blas had tipped the scales at 218kg in the morning weigh-in, making him almost certainly the heaviest athlete at the Games.
His first-round opponent Facinet Keita of Guinea weighed in at a massive 135kg but was dwarfed by Blas who won the fight by a maximum ippon.
He could not continue his run for long though, beaten by Cuba's Oscar Brayson who weighs less than half Blas at just 108kg.
Blas weighed 48kg more than anyone else with Poland's Janusz Wojnarowicz coming in at 170kg.
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