I actually laughed when i first read this but then i thought how stupid do you have to be!!!

MOSCOW: Alexander Nakonechny won a vodka drinking competition by downing three half-litre mugs of vodka in quick succession but failed to collect his prize -- 10 bottles of vodka -- after dying on the spot. Three other contestants are also in critical condition.

:rolleyes: Idiots. You never drink that much in a quick succession! :rolleyes:

There's some out there who probably could handle that much, but it's still a stupid thing to do.... especially where the prize is just more vodka? What a waste... even if he lived to win it.... :p

I could have handled that in my college days. But, now that I am an old man, there is no way that I could handle that. :lol:

Whoa!! That's a lot of vodka to drink in 30 minutes. :lol: :p
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Russian dies after winning vodka-drinking contest

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A vodka-drinking competition in a southern Russian town ended in tragedy with the winner dead and several runners-up in intensive care.


"The competition lasted 30, perhaps 40 minutes and the winner downed three half-litre bottles. He was taken home by taxi but died within 20 minutes," said Roman Popov, a prosecutor pursuing the case in the town of Volgodonsk.


"Five contestants ended up in intensive care. Those not in hospital turned up the next day, ostensibly for another drink."


Popov said the director of the shop organising this month's contest had been charged with manslaughter. He had offered 10 litres of vodka to the competitor drinking the most in the shortest time.


Russians drink the equivalent of 15 litres of pure alcohol per head annually, one of the highest rates in the world. Some experts estimate one in seven Russians is an alcoholic.

I would have dropped dead after consuming two percent of what these guys drank; then again, I'm not a heavy drinker... :eek: