Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Willie O'Ree: The First Black NHL Player
In 1958 Canadian Willie O'Ree broke the colour barrier in the National Hockey League
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Sri Lanka's Cricket Triumph
How Sri Lanka's surprise victory in the 1996 Cricket World Cup sparked wild celebrations.
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The 'Skategate' Scandal in Ice-Skating
How a judging controversy dominated the headlines at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Franz Klammer
How the legendary Austrian skier took gold in a great race at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
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Olympic Luge Death
At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a young luge athlete from Georgia was killed in training.
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Table Tennis Unites Korea
How North and South Korea fielded a united Ping Pong team and won the world championship.
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Alone On Everest
How British mountaineer Stephen Venables spent a lonely night on top of the world.
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Arsene Wenger On Discovering George Weah
How the Arsenal manager discovered the footballer who became President of Liberia.
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Eric Cantona's Kung-Fu Kick
How the French forward shocked football by attacking an opposition fan in 1995.
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Declan Murphy: The Jockey who Came Back from the Dead
The Irish rider who made an emotional comeback after serious brain damage in a fall
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Donald Campbell and Bluebird
The record-breaking British driver who was killed in a jet-boat accident in 1967.
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The Sydney to Hobart Yachting Disaster
Hurricane force storms led to 6 deaths and 50 sailors airlifted in a daring sea rescue.
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Colonel Gaddafi's Ice Hockey Team
How the Libyan dictator sponsored a failing German ice hockey team in the 1980s.
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The Bosman Ruling Revolutionises Football
How a Belgian footballer won a court ruling that transformed the transfer market.
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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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Jana Novotna - Wimbledon Heroine
How the late Czech tennis player went from weeping loser to popular Wimbledon winner.
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Pam Reed: Winning Ultramarathons in Death Valley
The woman who beat all the men in the notorious Badwater Marathon in California
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The First Ultimate Fighting Championship
How the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts was launched in America in 1993.
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Kelly Kulick - Ten Pin Bowler
The first woman to compete at the same level as men in the professional game.
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The Climbing Pioneer Who Conquered El Capitan
Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose', 3,000ft of vertical granite wall
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Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost: Formula One's Greatest Rivalry
How the feud between two motor-racing giants spilled onto the track in 1989.
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The "Battle Of The Sexes" Tennis Match
In 1973, Billie-Jean King made tennis history by winning a challenge game against a man.
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Iranian Football's "Mr Hat-Trick"
How the Irish-born footballer, Eamon Zayed, became a folk hero in Iran.
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O.J. Simpson Makes American Football History
How his 1973 season with the Buffalo Bills made O.J. Simpson a superstar.
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Chioma Ajunwa: Making Olympic History
How Nigerian athlete Chioma Ajunwa stunned the world at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996
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The Creation of Ironman
How one of the world's hardest endurance events was invented in Hawaii in 1978.
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Nawal El Moutawakel - Pioneer of Muslim Women's Athletics
How a Moroccan woman hurdler took victory at the 1984 Olympics and inspired a generation.
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'Fast Freddie' Spencer - Motorcycling's Child Prodigy
The American motorbike rider who won his first world championship aged 21
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The Olympic Hero Who Rescued His Fellow Sailors
How Canadian Lawrence Lemieux was hailed for his sportsmanship at the 1988 Olympics.
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Alison Hargreaves
Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.
