AN INSPIRATIONAL TALE IN PHOTOS

The Astonishing Life and Amazing Times of Little Kurt (A Wide World of Sports photo special)


Although disturbing, everyone admitted little Kurt Crushnutz's
impression of Jean Claude Van Damme was very good.


Little Kurt would push on the floor in displays of power
for his friends and fans. The wooden planks often groaned
and creaked during these exhibitions of might.


The young Crushnutz pensively gathers his strength in the locker
room before going out to win a local shin-kicking competition.


"Accusations that little Kurt takes muscle-building pharmaceuticals are the mischief of envious boskootniks!" asserted his weight-lifting coach. 'Boskootnik' is a regional pejorative.


The Romanian Academy of Science and Fitness had determined
the wee Crushnutz could bench press at least twice the
weight of the huskiest girl in his age group in Europe.


After a dismaying psychiatric evaluation for killing two cats and
a big dog with his bare hands, Crushnutz vowed to get right by
redoubling his efforts in the gym.


Tina Strohecker, President of the Kurt Crushnutz Fan Club
in the US, raised enough money to bring the young prodigy to
this country so he could enter the Big Pumpkin Lifting
Contest in Solvang, California.