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STAFF WRITER Dimitry “The Ukraine Train” Shchupak will have a lot of people counting on him Friday morning as he competes in the gala of glut tony that is SportsRadio WIP’s Wing Bowl 20 at a sold-out Wells Fargo Center. The 26-year-old Neshaminy High School graduate is a first time contestant and will represent his hometown of Middletown as well as his home country Ukraine. But he is doing his best to block out all that added pressure. “Pm just focused on represent ing myself, to be honest,” said Shehupak, who moved to the U.S. from the Ukraine when he was 4 years old, during a phone interview Thursday. He'll be joined Friday by another Bucks eater — Peter “King Kong” Cox of Kintnersville Up for grabs this year to the fop overall eater is a $20,000 cash prize and a Wing Bowl Championship ring and gold medal from Steven Singer Jewelers. The top local eater will receive a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro from Fred erick’s Chevy. But chances are, they'll have to inhale a whole lot of wings to get their sauce-soaked hands on either of those prizes Three competitive eating and Wing Bowl legends will roll up their sleeves Friday. The legendary Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, five-time Wing Bow! Champion Bill “E! Wingador” Simmons and recent three-time champ Jonathan “Super” Squibb are the favorites. Despite the odds, Shchupak said he is not just going for the fun or the food. He intends to win. “I'm not doing this for show, he said. “Pm taking 11 serously.’ ‘Training began for Shchupak after he qualified for the event by devouring eight McDonald's cheeseburgers in 110 seconds during a recent visit to the radio station. “I've been eating a lot more than usual to trn to expand my odds to win Wing Bowl 20 Posted Thursday afternoon on the WIP website. Rick The Manager: 100-1 Snack Jack : 75-1 The Ukraine Train: 75-1 Freak Of Nature: 50-1 Hot Pockets: 50-1 Elmer Fudd: 50-1 M@ The Rooster: 40-1 King Kong: 35-1 Not Rich: 35-1 “1 Mr. 1%: 30-1 Nick Papagorgio: 25-1 stomach,” he added. “I eat a lot of vegetables because they are so full of water. I've also been training with wings to get my technique down.” Shchupak said his entourage will dress as Russian Mafia mem bers and he'll enter the arena on ¢ Damaging Doug: 20-1 Kenso Kevin: 20-1 Iceman: 20-1 Oink Oink: 18-1 Boring John: 15-1 US Male: 10-1 Gentlemen Gerry: 9-1 Skin Bones: 8-1 Bl Stevil Kanevil: 8-1 Enterama: 7-1 Quazy: 5-1 El Wingador: 4-1 Chilita: 3-1 Takeru Kobayashi: 2-1 Jonathan ‘Super’ Squibb: 2-1 denotes first time participant float decorated to look like a Wain Proceeds from Wing Bowl 20 will benefit a variety of local char ges including the Police Athlete League. Crington Merce ot 2h8-508) pmail emenne a pry Burns Com. Twitter CMMENNOA COLT
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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