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"King Kong" aims to make Beijing Olympics torch relay a real "hair"-raiser |
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16:36, July 31, 2007 |
It could be one of the most unusual sights in Olympic history - the world''s hairiest man holding the Olympic flame aloft.
China''s Yu Zhenhuan, who has nicknamed himself "King Kong" on account of 96 percent of his skin being covered in hair, has launched an unabashed publicity campaign to take part in the torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"It would be a great honor to join the Olympic torch relay," said the 30-year-old rock singer from the northeastern province of Liaoning.
"The Olympics belong to everyone - the common people and those with abnormalities included," Yu said.
Yu believes he is the ideal candidate.
"First I am a celebrity, inside and outside of China," he said, "and secondly, I think my experience in coping with a disfigurement ties in with the notion of Olympic spirit."
He has even managed to acquire the support of Olympic champion Xing Aowei, who won a gymnastics gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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