THE hearts of the Australian pharmacy sector were broken last night when the industry's own Ninja Warrior splashed out in the final episode of this year's competition.
For the uninitiated, Australian Ninja Warrior is a Channel 9 show in which muscle-bound contestants navigate a complex series of extremely difficult gymnastic obstacles.
Jordan Papandrea, whose family owns Sydney's Pittwater Pharmacy, was competing for the fourth time and once again made it all the way to the Grand Final of the competition which was this year filmed in Melbourne.
Papandrea had two minutes and 15 seconds to get through six obstacles on his Stage Two run of the final, but unfortunately our hopes were dashed on the very tricky second challenge, the "spin hoppers" (pictured).
Ironically, the slippery spinning bars which proved such a challenge for Jordan were described by the commentators as "pills" - but to us they look a bit more like capsules.
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