Fake Samurai Horde Chases Champion Race Walker

Jefferson Perez is a world champion race walker and a former Olympian. The clip below is one of Mr. Perez at the start of a race walking trial. At about 1:50 into the clip, five fake insane samurais break into the stadium and proceed to chase Perez, swords drawn. The idea is simple: to see if Perez would break his walk and start running.

(An aside: for a world-class track and field athlete, you’d figure he could run faster, no?)

(Another aside: Perez quite possibly might be the most good-natured human on the planet.)

[Via BB]