Sri Chinmoy challenges himself with the Bullworker Exerciser at Maddal Circus held on the stage of John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx. He wears a Madal Bal T-shirt given to him by his disciples who run the Swiss health food company.
Sri Chinmoy finishes the 100-metre race at Sports Day at Fox Hill High School, Bedford, New York, in a time of 15.2 seconds.
Sri Chinmoy jogs 100 metres with Olympic gold medallist Sudhahota Carl Lewis, who racewalks, and then lifts him twice – first, using only his right arm and then, using only his left arm – at Victory Field in Forest Park, New York. This is the first occasion on which Sudhahota is lifted by Sri Chinmoy.
Later in 1988, Carl Lewis would successfully defend his Olympic gold medal title in the 100m in the Seoul Olympics.