[Polybius]

Also, remember that she came in second. The woman that won drank at least as much water as she did and held it for as long so, while the nature of the contest was risky, it was not inherently deadly.

Hyponatremia has nothing to do with how much water one person drinks in comparison to another person or how long you "hold it".

Hyponatremia has everything to do with the degree that the sodium concentration in your bloodstream is diluted by the free water. Plasma sodium levels below 2.3 grams per liter result in cerebral edema, seizures, coma and death.

The amount of free water that will kill a 120 pound woman will be less than the amount of free water that will kill a 150 pound woman.

A free water drinking contest is as inherently dangerous as a table salt eating contest.

If you get on the radio, tell your listeners that your water drinking contest "is not inherently deadly" and somebody dies, you will get sued at best or, at worst, you will be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter or for murder depending on what the investigation proves about what you knew and when you knew it.

[fr_freak]

If you get on the radio, tell your listeners that your water drinking contest "is not inherently deadly"

Those are my words, not those of the radio station, and when I say that it is not inherently deadly, I mean that it won't automatically kill you. Your risk level depends on your body, and apparently hers was less able to tolerate that amount of water than your average individual.