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WATCH: Kid at Minnesota’s HopeDay ditches wheelchair and beats Gopher football player in push-up contest

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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A day after Minnesota recorded its second win of the season to improve to 2-0 on the year, members of the football team could be found back at TCFBank Stadium, celebrating the annual HopeDay Festival.

For one Golden Gopher, Malcom Robinson — a 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive lineman — the fun and festivities turned into a competition, when a kid attending the event challenged him to a push-up contest. The child, who attended the event in a wheelchair, hopped right out and started cranking out push-ups like it was no problem.

Robinson, on the other hand, a little trouble.

Kudos to that kid, who could probably challenge just about any one of the Gophers to a push-up contest and be right in the mix. It was a really cool sight to see at the event.

HopeDay is in its 12th year at Minnesota and is a festival that includes families from the HopeKids organization and student-athletes from the University of Minnesota.

HopeKids is an organization which gives hope to children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. It was founded in 2001.

It appeared to be a fun day out at TCFBank Stadium and everyone was enjoying themselves. Well, maybe everyone except Robinson after losing that contest.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB