This is one more specifying all challenges in qualifying round itself
He who dares wins on AXNAXN, brought to Bangalore, the event, AXN Xtreme:
India vs Pakistan Challenge.
The hype, drama and excitement attached to any Indo-Pak
sporting contest has always been phenomenal. Capitalising on this, AXN brought
to the City last week, the AXN Xtreme: India vs Pakistan Challenge.
Close
to 150 youngsters fought it out in the blistering heat at the St John's Medical
College Grounds as they vied for the top spot in the competition β all for the
sake of representing their country in the encounter between two of the world's
greatest sporting rivals.
The challenges were revealed to participants
only on the day of the event to retain an element of surprise and to stimulate
creativity, given the limitations and most importantly, to have a level playing
field. These included a basic physical challenge consisting of a 200
metre-sprint followed by knee crunches, a multi-discipline hi-impact challenge
where contestants had to crawl under a rope frame, about one foot and six inches
high over a distance of 15 feet, jump a six feet wall with no assistance, do a
spot of rope climbing at high altitude to prove that they had the endurance and
skills required for the event.
The shortlisted candidates had to then
pick up a nut and bolt from a transparent box β swarming with close to a 1000
cockroaches! Finally, they had to drink a concoction of milk, bittergourd juice
and raw eggs.
In this battle of physical strength and nerves, Gaurav
Yadav emerged the winner.
He will now join Kapil K Nirmal from Mumbai, Jiten
Sahni from New Delhi and the winner from Kolkata to be pitted against a
corresponding four-member team from Karachi.
"The big contest will be at
Taiwan or Singapore to ensure that neither of the teams have the advantage of
home turf," said Rohit Bhandari, assistant vice-president (sales &
marketing), SET India Ltd.
The original production will be broadcast
Asia-wide, on AXN, in the final quarter of 2004.
So fasten your seat
belts as AXN takes you through a series of challenges that seek to include
popular sports and unusual dares.
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