Ivo Van Damme vs Bjorn Borg vs Gareth Edwards vs Guy Drut: for real

I think the 100m times must have been a mistake, since Van Damme earned 10 points for the event.

Superstars were real cool. I remember Brian Oldfield doing real well. ANyone else remember this? I remember him winning weightlifting, and mabe even the 100 yd dash.

Funny thing is Drut was well-known as a smoker, and still is clearly in superior aerobic condition (and even better in strength).

Whoa: Peter Snell 10.98 for 100m at age 39! The WR for age 40 in '77 was 10.8h.

Double checked and it was 10.94 for 100 YARDS. Still credible for a "retiree"!

I remember, they werw fun and I remember pole vaulters doing very well.

It would be interesting now, but it would totally frak most Americans out when football and baseball players were as good as tennis players and field event/sprinters.

In the first US Superstars, pole vaulter Bob Seagren not only won, but beat everyone, including former boxing heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, in the weightlifting event

z runner wrote:

In the first US Superstars, pole vaulter Bob Seagren not only won, but beat everyone, including former boxing heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, in the weightlifting event