International King of Sports — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2
30 min • 1 season, 9 episodes
Episode synopsis
In the second episode athletes from Nigeria, Britain, Hungary and Australia attempt to join last weeks winner, Kengo Shiomi for a place in the final. Challenges they had to compete in this week were; 200m Under Hurdles: As opposed to the traditional ""over"" the athletes must dive under the hurdles while attempting to finish the race in first place. Hurdles are allowed to be moved or knocked over as long as the athletes go under. It was the Nigerian athlete who won this round, and almost set a new record for his speed. Backstroke Tug O'War: One-on-one in the pool. Athletes must pull the rope over a black line while doing the backstroke. If they attempt to play the game by standing and tugging points are taken off and they do not get a second try. In the first round it was Hungary vs Britain. Although the Brit athlete tried out a different approach it didn't pay off and he was beat in no time. In the second round it was Australia vs Nigeria. What seemed like hours to the athle
About International King of Sports
International King of Sports was a multi-sport competition held yearly. The events were unusual sports rarely undertaken outside of this competition and were often variants of standard track and field sports. Australian Adam Horder was the winner in 2002 but the 2004 winner is unknown after the show's cancellation.