The United States again plays host for the sixth year of this Championship, and at Key Biscayne, under the fierce Florida sun, 12 finalists compete for a share of the$132,000 total purse.
Brian Hooper, the UK and International Superstars Champion, leads the British challenge With him, Alan Lerwill, our Past Masters Champion. Against them:
Jody Scheckter (South Africa), defending Champion and the 1979 Formula 1 World Motor Racing Champion...
Renaldo 'Skeets' Nehemiah (USA), world record holder in the 110m hurdles, for two years the US Superstars Champion.
Gerry Loftus (Ireland), Irish
Superstars Champion, a trampolinist and army PT instructor
Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland), world indoor mile record holder and ranked No 1 over 5,000m.
Sydney Maree (South Africa), the only man to beat Steve Ovett over 1 mile since 1975; winner of the first New York Fifth Avenue Mile. Rod Dixon (New Zealand), 1500m Olympic medallist and Internanational Marathon runner.
Four American footballers all qualified through the US Final:
James Lofton of the Green Bay Packers; US Superstars runner-up. Dwight Clark , wide receiver with this year's Superdome winners-the San Francisco 49ers.
Chris Collingsworth , three-times All American Footballer and finalist in this year's Superbowl.
Mark Gastineau , defender with New York Jets, is 6ft 5ins, weighs 19½stone and has been timed at
4.69 sees over 40 yards. Commentators
DAVID VINE, RON PICKERING
Produced in collaboration with TRANS WORLD INTERNATIONAL and CANDID PRODUCTIONS INC and ABC TELEVISION ABC director ROGER GOODMAN
BBCtv production PETER HYLTON CLEAVER