Meet the Red Power Ranger, Your 2013 Egg Throwing Champion

Had the form of a Champion even back then....

BBC UK:
The annual World Egg Throwing Championships took place once again in Swaton, Lincolnshire, on Sunday, with competitors coming from all over the world to take part. Winners included a team led by a retired Power Ranger from Japan. Andy Dunlop, president of the World Egg Throwing Federation, wants egg throwing to be recognised as an official sport. A bid was rejected by Sport England in 2011.

"Egg throwing and catching involves three distinct skills - throwing the egg, catching it - and catching it without breaking it," said Mr Dunlop. "Other so called sports like javelin and throwing the hammer are just playing." The English team of Richard Wells and Tom Harrison were crowned this year's winners after throwing and catching their egg over a distance of 187ft (57m). Sadly, current world record holder, Ireland's Wild Willie O'Donovan, dropped his egg at the 196ft (60m) mark

The reigning world champions, Dutch duo Smink and Visser, failed to repeat the form which had previously won them the sought after title. For the Japanese it was their first time at the championship but despite their lack of experience they were confident of doing well. The Japanese team was led by Mitsuomi Takahashi, star of the children's hit TV series Power Rangers, aka Big Red. The team came up trumps in the egg trebuchet event, which involves hurling an egg by means of a catapult type contraption.

Wow. A lot to digest here.  But I will not allow the lead to be buried by the BBC--the Red Power Ranger won the Egg Throwing Championships! The Red Power Ranger!  This guy went from a  good run on a #1 (kid's) TV Show to dedicating his life to catapult eggs farther than anyone else. I'm not sure if that's the saddest or the coolest thing I've ever heard to be honest.  One look at the pic below leads me to believe it's the coolest.  Look at that bravado.  Red Power Ranger rolled into the event with his crew, like "What?"  Straight gangster....

PS--Is Andy Dunlop really calling for egg tossing to be recognized as a sport? If that happened think of the floodgates that would open: TP'ing houses, ding-dong-ditch and mailbox baseball would all most certainly want their due.