Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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Abhinav Bindra - India's First Olympic Gold Medalist
In 2008, an Indian rifle shooter became a national hero when he won the Olympics.
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Lamine Gueye - Senegalese Skier
The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics.
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The Toughest Dog-Sled Race in the World
The story of Libby Riddles, the first woman to win the notorious Iditarod race in Alaska.
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Esther Vergeer
The inspiring Dutch wheelchair tennis player who went undefeated for more than a decade.
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Love at the Cold War Olympics
The Czech discus thrower punished for falling in love with an American at the 1956 games.
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Texas Western - Black Basketball Pioneers
How an all-black college team broke down the colour barrier in American basketball.
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Ammo Baba - Iraqi Football Hero
The footballer and coach loved by the people of Iraq
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Women's Rugby Pioneers
How the English women's rugby team fought for official recognition in the 1990s.
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Mike Tyson
The troubled life of the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time
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Graeme Souness and the Turkish Flag Incident
How the Scottish manager caused uproar at an Istanbul derby match in 1996.
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The "Phantom Game" in General Pinochet's Chile
How a football international was played at a stadium being used as a torture centre.
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Jason McCartney - Bali Bomb Survivor
The Aussie rules footballer who inspired a nation by surviving a terrorist attack
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Blood in the Water
How tension between Hungary and the USSR turned into a battle at the 1956 Olympics
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The Black Power Salute
How two African-American athletes protested against racism at the 1968 Olympic Games.
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Meeting Mr Pilates
In the 1950s, Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a New York studio.
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The 'Black 14' Protest Rocks American Football
How black players at Wyoming University sparked a national debate over racism in 1969
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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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Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records that stand to this day
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India's First Paralympic Hero
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal
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Rwanda at the Paralympics
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians.
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Willy T Ribbs
In 1991, an African-American driver raced the Indianapolis 500 for the first time
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Eric Liddell
The story of the Scottish runner immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.
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Emil Zatopek
The legendary Czechoslovak runner who won three golds at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
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Nadia Comaneci
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
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Nigeria's Supereagles win Olympic Gold
In 1996, Nigeria became the first African team to take football gold at the Olympic Games
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Niki Lauda Crashes
The 1976 motor racing crash which went down in Formula One history.
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East Timor's Marathon Hero
The journey of female marathoner Agueda Amaral from refugee to the Sydney Olympics.
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Women's Marathon Agony
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
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Arthur Ashe
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win Wimbledon
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Shun Fujimoto - Japan's Injured Olympic Hero
The Japanese gymnast who won gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee
