Elana Meyer: Running For The New South Africa

The athlete whose silver Olympic medal in 1992 was celebrated across the racial divide.

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Mark Edmondson And The Biggest Upset In Tennis

How a former part-time hospital cleaner won the Australian Open in 1976.

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Diane Crump - Pioneering Female Jockey

The inspiring story of the first woman to ride in America's top horse race.

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The Gay Games

The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.

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Paul Pritchard And The Totem Pole

The British adventurer who was seriously injured on a climb, but returned 18 years later.

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South Africa Win The Rugby World Cup

How sporting victory in 1995 helped unite South Africa after apartheid.

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Why I invented the sports bra

When Lisa Lindahl couldn't find a comfortable bra to run in, she decided to design one

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The birth of skiing

How the British invented downhill skiing at the start of the 20th Century.

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Ireland's historic rugby Grand Slam

In 2009 Brian O'Driscoll led Ireland to their first Six Nations championship in 61 years

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Weightlifting in a hijab

How Kulsoom Abdullah won the right to compete in weightlifting in Islamic dress.

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Bangladesh's football heroes

How the national football team helped the country's fight for independence in 1971.

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The man who ran around Australia

In 1983, Ron Grant became the first person to run 13,383 kilometres of Australian coast.

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Marcus Trescothick and mental illness

The England cricketer who gave up his international career because of depression.

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The King of Comrades

How Bruce Fordyce won South Africa's famous Comrades Marathon nine times in the 1980s.

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Brian Lara's batting world record

In April 1994, the great West Indies batsman hit 375 runs against England in Antigua

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Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion

How a deaf American rider dominated the fast and dangerous sport of women's motocross

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Paula Radcliffe

The British runner who set a famous world record at the 2003 London Marathon.

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Desiré Wilson - Formula One winner

In 1980 the South African racing driver became the only woman to win a Formula One event.

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The Torino air disaster

In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.

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Secretariat - America's superstar racehorse

How one of the greatest racehorses of all time won the US Triple Crown in 1973.

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Spurs dream of European glory

How Tottenham Hotspur took on Anderlecht in a battle for the 1984 UEFA Cup

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Liverpool - The kings of Europe

How Liverpool won their first European Cup in 1977, starting a decade of domination.

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Kenya's World Cup cricket fairytale

In 2003, Kenya stunned cricket by reaching the World Cup semi-final.

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Japan's women footballers lift the nation

In 2011, winning the soccer World Cup lifted Japan's morale after the Fukushima disaster.

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Tony Hawk, skateboard king

How mastering a virtually impossible trick made the US skateboarder a household name.

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Germany's 'Golden Goal' heroine

In 2003, Nia Künzer's extra-time header won Germany its first women's football World Cup

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USA wins the first Women's World Cup

Carin Jennings-Gabarra recalls her part in America's 1991 World Cup win

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Little Mo, tennis great

Maureen Connolly was the first woman to win a tennis Grand Slam in 1953

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The football war

The World Cup qualifiers that preceded a brief but bloody conflict in Central America

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The closest Tour de France ever

How American Greg Lemond won cycling's biggest race by just 8 seconds in 1989.

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