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What athletes have gone far despite having the 'wrong' body type for their sport? (lemmy.ml)

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e.g.

Chiyonofuji: sumo wrestler with low body fat

Mike Tyson: heavyweight boxer who is short

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[-] Philote@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fedor Emelianenko always looked frumpy compared to everyone he fought. That was the last thing most people thought before they woke up from hard reboot anyway.

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