Preview for Masters of Champions July 14th  7/14/06

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST OKSANA BAIUL PERFORMS, BMX STREET RIDERS DO BALLET-LIKE ROUTINES AND ICESKATERS GET WOUND UP, ON ABC'S "MASTER OF CHAMPIONS"

"Episode 106" -- Two top BMX flatland riders, Terry Adams and Matt Wilhelm, bring their street bikes into the arena to perform choreographed routines inspired by ballet; two teams of engineers compete to design a life-sized "mouse-trap" course using Rube Goldberg devices for completing simple tasks through a chain of impossibly complex events; and two top ice skaters compete to see who can spin the most toilet paper around their bodies in record time -- plus Olympic Gold Medalist Oksana Bauil does a brief spin herself -- on "Master of Champions," THURSDAY, JULY 20 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Chris Leary, syndicated radio show host, sports reporter and commentator, is host, and Lisa Dergan-Podsednik is co-host. Baseball legend Steve Garvey and Olympic Gold Medalists Oksana Baiul and Jonny Moseley make up the Panel of Champions.

"Master of Champions" is based on the format World Records by NTV from Japan. Executive producers are Tim Crescenti, Yoshiro Yasuoka and Isao Zaitsu for Nippon Television. Jonas Larsen and Anthony Ross are executive producers for Y27 Entertainment. The series is broadcast with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning.

A TV parental guideline will be posted closer to airdate.

Source: ABC Press Release