International King of Sports
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Host
Helen Chamberlain and Mark Robson
Co-hosts
Commentator: Alan Parry
Broadcast
Endemol for C5, 2002-4
Synopsis
International King of Sports is not your normal sports competition. The competitors that take part (well known names from other sports) are either highly-trained sporting professionals, or too stupid to know better (We'll let you work that one out when you read the events). Some of the events in King of Sports are:
3 metre sprint - It's a sprint, and it's 3 metres long. (The sprint, that is)
Association bobbage - Competitors have to jump into a swimming pool without their heads going into the water. The world record for this is 2m 40cms.
Backwards 200m - Just for the hard of thinking, this is a race where you run backwards for 200m.
Men's Individual Fall Down - Competitors, on the sound of the horn, have to fall to the floor as quickly as possible. The competitors are whittled down one by one until the man with the most swollen face is the victor.
Speed Gun Run - This is where the lack of intelligence comes in. Competitors must run as fast as they can into an upright crash mat. The world record for this is 20.27mph.
Pool Hang - Competitors must cling onto a bar suspended above a swimming pool for as long as possible. The competitor who clings on for longest wins.
International skids - Competitors take a short run up onto a small track, coated with xanthium gum, and they have to skid as far as they can.
10G Human Slalom - Competitors must run down a hill as fast as they can through ten gates. They are allowed to touch the gates, but are not allowed to knock them over.
Trivia
The programme won a Bronze Rose of Montreux in 2003.
