Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Desir茅 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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Paula Radcliffe
The British runner who set a famous world record at the 2003 London Marathon.
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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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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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The King of Comrades
How Bruce Fordyce won South Africa's famous Comrades Marathon nine times in the 1980s.
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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 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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Bangladesh's football heroes
How the national football team helped the country's fight for independence in 1971.
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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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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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The birth of skiing
How the British invented downhill skiing at the start of the 20th Century.
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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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South Africa Win The Rugby World Cup
How sporting victory in 1995 helped unite South Africa after apartheid.
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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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The Gay Games
The first international sports event for LGBT athletes was held in San Francisco in 1982.
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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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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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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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Lopez Lomong - From Lost Boy To The Olympics
The former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.
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When British Football Went To China
West Brom became the first professional British football team to visit communist China
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Usain Bolt - The Birth of a Legend
In 2008, the Jamaican sprinter wowed the world by winning the Olympic 100 and 200 metres
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Ironman's Iron Woman
Julie Moss wouldn't give up, even when she collapsed just metres from the finish line.
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The Fastest Man In The World Race
How top sprinters Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson staged a head-to-head race in 1997.
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George Foreman: World Champion at 45
In 1994, the boxing legend won a second world title after a shock return from retirement
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Tegla Loroupe - Marathon Pioneer
How the Kenyan runner became the first black African woman to win a top marathon in 1994.
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Tragedy on the Ice
In 1995, Olympic skating champion Sergei Grinkov died on the rink in front of his partner
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Mika Hakkinen's F1 Horror Crash
How the Finnish driver nearly died in an accident at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.
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Paintball
How the team shooting sport began in the woods of New Hampshire in 1981.
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The Czech Gymnast Who Defied The Soviet Union
Vera Caslavska protested against the crushing of the Prague Spring at the 1968 Olympics.
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The Black Power Salute
The story of the iconic protest by black American athletes at the 1968 Olympics.
