Sport-noun
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
Competitive eating is a sport because it has:
- nicknames (Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Crazy Legs Conti, Erik The Red Denmark etc.)
- events and world championships
- world record holders
- an International Federation and governing body
- a large field of athletes
- training
- tryouts
- qualifiers
- participants from numerous countries
- fans/spectators
- a final score that isn't decided by a judge
- rules
- risk
- underdogs and favorites
- TV deals and sponsors
- competition
- the winners rely on skill and tactics, as seen when a 105 pound female beats a 300 pound male
- endurance
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