导读:一名日本男子在速食比赛中被一个饭团噎住死亡，该名男子在11月13日的比赛中试图3分钟吃掉5个饭团，比赛组织者告诉媒体，该男子送到医院一直没有恢复意识，3天后死亡。
A 28-year-old man died in Japan after choking on a rice ball at a speed-eating contest, an event organiser said Tuesday.
据悉，日本一名28岁的男子在一次快速吃饭团大赛中噎死，一位活动组织人员称。
The man, whose name was withheld, died on November 16 in hospital three days after choking, said the local farmer’s cooperative that sponsored the event in the western city of Hikone.
该男子的名字未透露，发生事故后被送到医院，三天后的11月16日不幸去世，据在彦根市举办的这项比赛的赞助方，当地农业协会表示。
Contestants competed to see how fast they could eat five "onigiri" balls of locally grown steamed rice, a popular Japanese comfort food.
比赛是看选手们能在多快的时间内吃下5个“饭团”——这是用当地生长的大米做成的一种常见的日本美食。
The man shoved his fifth rice ball into his mouth before passing out and was rushed to a local hospital where he later died, the organiser said.
组织方说，这名男子将第五个饭团塞进嘴里时突然昏倒，之后被迅速送往当地一家医院，后来未能抢救过来。
The contest was composed of three sets of five contestants each.
比赛分三组进行，每组5个选手。
"We had the first and the second sets finished and were watching the third group when this happened," said the official at the cooperative, who declined to be named.
农业协会一名不愿透露姓名的官员称，“第一、第二组的比赛都已完成，在我们观看第三组的比赛时发生了这件事。”
Eating contests are popular events at various regional fairs held in Japan to promote local produce and culture, as in other countries where choking deaths have been reported.
为了宣传当地的生产和文化，速食比赛在日本不同地区的集会上非常受欢迎，尽管在其他国家常有噎死事件报道。
Japan’s best known competitive eater is Takeru Kobayashi, who won fame as champion of an annual hot dog eating contest in New York.
日本最有名的美食大赛比赛冠军是小林尊，他在纽约举办的一年一度的吃热狗大赛中一举成名。
After news of the latest death was reported, New York-based Kobayashi tweeted warnings about amateurs trying to eat too much too fast.
在听闻这起噎死事件后，在纽约的小林尊发推文警告业余选手，不要吃的太多太快。
