{"id":104881,"date":"2016-05-30T02:02:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T08:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/talk-about-town-durango-man-to-compete-for-1-million-title-of-american-ninja-warrior\/"},"modified":"2016-05-30T02:02:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T08:02:17","slug":"talk-about-town-durango-man-to-compete-for-1-million-title-of-american-ninja-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/talk-about-town-durango-man-to-compete-for-1-million-title-of-american-ninja-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk about town Durango man to compete for $1 million, title of \u2018American Ninja Warrior\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f0de4ef8-7c3c-4575-aacf-baf2d8c6ca5d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f0de4ef8-7c3c-4575-aacf-baf2d8c6ca5d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f0de4ef8-7c3c-4575-aacf-baf2d8c6ca5d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f0de4ef8-7c3c-4575-aacf-baf2d8c6ca5d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"Durango resident Ryan Elliott plans to compete in NBC\u2019s \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d national finals to be held June 13-18 in Las Vegas. The grand prize is $1 million.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Durango resident Ryan Elliott plans to compete in NBC\u2019s \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d national finals to be held June 13-18 in Las Vegas. The grand prize is $1 million.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Wanda Ellingson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d is a sports entertainment television show on NBC. Contestants are selected from audition videos and must participate in a series of obstacle courses that test strength and dexterity. Those who complete the final courses move on to the national finals in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott, a skilled rock climber, is a case manager at Axis Health Systems in Durango and student in the University of Denver Four Corners master of social work program.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Elliott for comment Friday were unsuccessful; he is, after all, a ninja.<\/p>\n<p>NBC will air an episode of \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d on June 13 featuring Elliott competing in a regional competition held in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durango resident Ryan Elliott plans to compete in NBC\u2019s \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d national finals to be held June 13-18 in Las Vegas. The grand prize is $1 million.Courtesy of Wanda Ellingson \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d is a sports entertainment television show on NBC. 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