Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Chak de India!
How India's female hockey stars inspired a generation of sportswomen and a Bollywood film
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Tears of a weightlifter
In 2008, Matthias Steiner overcame personal tragedy to win an emotional Olympic gold
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The first woman to climb Everest
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
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Coe vs Ovett
British runner Sebastian Coe remembers his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics
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Afghanistan's cricket heroes
How Afghan cricketers lifted the nation's spirits by reaching their first big tournament
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Beckham in Hollywood
The glitz and glamour of David Beckham's signing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007
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Andre Agassi
The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion
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Greece's stunning football triumph
How rank outsiders Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship.
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Cheerleading's first World Championships
The first Cheerleading Worlds were held in 2004 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
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Rulon Gardner - Wrestling Hero
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian champion considered unbeatable.
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Ibtihaj Muhammad - Fencing in a hijab
The inspiring story of the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab at the Olympics.
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Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.
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The Matthews Final
How legendary English footballer Stanley Matthews won the FA Cup for his team in 1953.
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Fausto Coppi - Il Campionissimo
The great Italian cyclist whose private life scandalized Italy in the 1950s.
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The 'Crazy Gang' win the FA Cup
How Wimbledon won a shock victory over the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final
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Defying the Taliban
How Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir battled death threats to become a squash player.
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Mary Peters
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
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Parkour
How French teenagers invented a sport by running, jumping and vaulting around their town.
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Why I designed the prosthetic running leg
The inventor of the Cheetah Foot on the accident that led him to revolutionise para-sport
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The perfect bull-ride
In 1991, Wade Leslie became the first and only cowboy to achieve the maximum rodeo score.
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Ironman's Ironwoman
Julie Moss put Ironman on the map by crawling to the finish of the World Championship.
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Death at the Cricket World Cup
How the death of top coach Bob Woolmer threw cricket into turmoil in 2007.
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The remarkable life of Eva Szekely
The remarkable life of Hungarian Olympic swimmer and Holocaust survivor, Eva Szekely
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Colin McRae: Rally legend
How the Scottish driver became the youngest ever rally World Champion in 1995
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India's luge pioneer
How Shiva Keshavan took part in one of the most dangerous Winter Olympic sports at 16.
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Kenya's first Winter Olympian
In 1998, a farmer called Philip Boit competed in the gruelling cross-country ski event.
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Nancy Greene: The 'Tiger' of women's skiing
How the Canadian became a national hero after winning Olympic gold in 1968
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Knocking down Mike Tyson
In 1990, outsider James "Buster" Douglas defeated one of boxing's greatest champions.
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Rocky Bleier: The legendary comeback
How a wounded Vietnam war veteran became an NFL Super Bowl champion.
