Speed eating contests are popular and often lucrative, but they can turn out to be fatal

There's no good way to die, but going out choking on a giant doughnut is certainly not the way you would probably choose. In the world of speed eating, choking poses a real threat to participants , so much so that it led to the deaths of two different speed eaters in the same week.

Travis Malouf died in Denver after attempting to eat a 250g glazed doughnut in under 80 seconds at an American pastry chain known as Voodoo.

Travis was attempting a challenge to consume the oversized doughnut in as short a time as possible, but the pastry became stuck in his oesophagus, ultimately leading to his death from asphyxia.

Julia Edelstein was present at the incident and told reporters at the time that the

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