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Asafa Powell, Lolo Jones in the Olympics’ Best Of Us Challenge

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October 30, 2009 by Jimson Lee Leave a Comment

Last Updated on November 16, 2012 by Jimson Lee

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) just launched The Best of Us Challenge, a global competition in which ordinary individuals compete against their peers and Olympic athletes such as Asafa Powell, Lolo Jones, pole vaulters Steve Hooker & Yelena Isinbyeva and multi-eventer Carolina Kluft.  Yes, it even includes Michael Phelps!

It’s all for a good cause to get kids excited about sports. Child obesity is increasing at an alarming rate.  Just getting them off the sofa and moving is a good thing.  Dancing, jumping, throwing, anything!

Also, there are several notable bloggers (not me, of course!) which have opted to take part including Veronica Belmont of Revision3’s tech-centric show Tekzilla, and Sarah Austin of Pop17.

Maybe I should challenge Asafa Powell in the standing Triple Jump?  (Ray Ewry would be proud of me)  Because I’m sure he’ll blow me out of the water with a standing long jump with all his power.

The Grand Prize winners will receive a trip for two to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver for four days and three nights, and a chance for bragging rights to beating an Olympic athlete at, well, anything.

Top Prizes #1

  • Trip for Two to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games
  • 4 days/3 nights
  • Access to one wave of events
  • Logistics
  • Randomly selected from approved video submissions
  • Contest period: 10/1/09 until 11/15/09 (because of the cut-off date for obtaining a Visa to Canada)
  • If winner is under the age of 18, s/he must be accompanied by a guardian

Top Prize #2

  • Trip for Two to Singapore/Youth Olympic Games
  • 4 days/3 nights
  • Trip from August 20th, 2010 – August 23rd
  • Logistics
  • Randomly selected from approved video submissions
  • Contest period: 11/16/09 until 2/28/10 (end of Vancouver Games)
  • If winner is under the age of 18, s/he must be accompanied by a guardian
See also  Barefoot Running and the Vibram FiveFingers Sprint

Athlete Challenge Prizes

  • Gold – Olympian signed t-shirt, TBoU poster, Olympic video game
  • Silver – TBoU poster, Olympic video game
  • Bronze – TBoU poster
  • Selection Process/Logistics
  • Contest period: 10/1/09– 2/28/10 (end of Vancouver Games)
  • Each athlete challenge is its own “category”

Prizes/winners are awarded based upon actually beating or coming closest to beating the Olympic athlete

For example, in the Lolo Jones challenge “category,” if a participant does 35 hand-clap push-ups (which is 3 more than Lolo performs) and no other participants surpass 35, the person with the 35 claps wins “gold”

Then the next highest number of hand-claps gets “silver” and then “bronze”

  • If no one is actually able to beat the athlete’s challenge, then the “gold,” “silver,” and “bronze” place winners will be those participants who come the closest to beating the athlete
  • A participant can enter as many times as s/he would like
  • On a category level, no participant may win more than one prize level (e.g. a participant cannot win both gold and silver; just gold)

Good Luck to all!

Category iconHealth & Wellness,  Training,  Witty Tag iconAsafa Powell,  Lolo Jones,  Olympics,  speed,  Videos

About Jimson Lee

I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America.

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