SUMO BALL
OBJECTIVE
A Contender and Gladiator face-off against each other, but between them in the Sumo Ball, which is 2.2 metres in diameter and weighing approximately 75 kilograms. The Sumo Ball is suspended from the arena ceiling, 19 metres above. Both Gladiator and Contender are stood on a circular platform, 5.2 metres in diameter and 10 feet off the arena floor. The object of the event is for the Contender or Gladiator to push each other off the platform by using the Sumo Ball.
FACTS
Sumo Ball became a split event in 1997 (Series 6). The women never played this event in 1997 (Series 6) and it was never shown in its entirety (men and women playing the event) again.
Sumo Ball was one of the few events not to appear in an International, although it did have 2 Celebrity appearances.
A loss in this event would be accompanied by 'Another One Bites The Dust' by Queen.
