Ping Pong Diplomacy

How table tennis helped bridge the divide between the US and Maoist China in 1971.

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Princess Anne at the 1976 Olympics

The Princess talks about being part of the British eventing team at the Montreal Olympics

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Precious McKenzie - South African Weight-lifter

How he escaped apartheid South Africa and achieved international success

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Summit Series Ice Hockey - Canada vs USSR 1972

How Canada beat the Soviet Union to win one of the biggest ice hockey games of all time.

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Ron Clarke's Heart Stops at the Mexico Olympics

Altitude sickness caused 10,000m race favourite to collapse at the finishing line in 1968

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Lady Swimmers of the 1920s

How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm

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Kip Keino

How the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.

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The "Cotswold Olimpicks" of 1612

How British Olympic history started 400 years ago with the games held in the Cotswolds.

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FA Cup Giantkillers

How tiny Hereford United won one of the greatest FA cup ties of all time in 1972.

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Gold for Burundi!

How Venuste Niyongabo won Burundi's only Olympic gold in 1996.

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Zambian football crash

How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.

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London's Austerity Olympics

How the 1948 Olympics helped London emerge from its post-war gloom.

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Hassiba Boulmerka Defies Death Threats

How the Algerian runner's success made her a political opponent for extremists

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American Football's "Greatest Game"

How the "Greatest Game" in American Football turned the sport into a modern phenomenon.

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Nancy Kerrigan Attacked

How an attack on the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, shocked the USA in 1994.

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Sir Stirling Moss

In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss faced his biggest motor racing challenge - the Mille Miglia.

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Women's Marathon Pioneer

How Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967

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The Jamaican bobsled team

In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.

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The Death of Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna was one of the best Formula One drivers ever, He died in a crash in 1994

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The Three Degrees

Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.

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Cliff Young - Potato Farmer and Ultrarunner

How ageing potato farmer Cliff Young, became an Australian running legend.

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Boat Race Mutiny

The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.

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Bob Champion wins the National

How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.

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Michael Johnson

How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.

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Tied Test Match

Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.

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Lance Armstrong

A close friend describes Lance Armstrong's comeback from cancer to win the Tour De France.

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Lasse Viren

In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.

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The Olympics when Greg Louganis hit his head on a diveboard

The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive

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Four-Minute Mile

How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.

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Maradona's 'Hand of God'

Former England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's historic goals in the 1986 World Cup.

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