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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston World Heavyweight Championships 1964

    How the young Muhammad Ali became boxing world champion after two controversial fights.

  2. Torvill and Dean

    In 1984, the British skaters charmed the world with their performance of Ravel's Bolero

  3. Franz Klammer

    How the legendary Austrian skier won one of the most exciting Olympic downhill races ever

  4. British Bobsleigh Win

    In 1964, Britain won an Olympic event that became famous for an act of sportsmanship.

  5. The Miracle On Ice

    At the 1980 Winter Olympics, the USA faced the USSR in a Cold War hockey showdown.

  6. Kenya's First Winter Olympian

    How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero

  7. Dan Jansen

    The American speed-skater who overcame personal tragedy to win Olympic gold

  8. Katarina Witt

    The glamorous East German skater remembers dancing Carmen at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

  9. The Best Of Sporting Witness

    A compilation of some of the most memorable stories from the series.

  10. Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m Final

    Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second

  11. Bob Beamon and the 'Leap of the Century'

    The American long-jumper on shattering the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

  12. Martina Navratilova

    The tennis legend on defecting from Czechoslovakia and then winning Wimbledon in 1978.

  13. Derek Redmond - Never Give Up

    How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race.

  14. Flo-Jo - the American Sprinter with Hollywood Style

    Her husband and coach Al Joyner recalls Flo-Jo's four medal wins at Seoul in 1988

  15. Maradona's 'Hand of God'

    Former England striker Gary Lineker on Maradona's historic goals in the 1986 World Cup.

  16. Four-Minute Mile

    How Sir Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.

  17. Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby

    Sporting Witness takes you back to the coronation derby in 1953.

  18. The Olympics when Greg Louganis hit his head on a diveboard

    The American diver talks about the 1988 Seoul Olympics and mis-timing his dive

  19. Lasse Viren

    In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.

  20. Lance Armstrong

    A close friend describes Lance Armstrong's comeback from cancer to win the Tour De France.

  21. Natalie du Toit

    How the swimmer became the first athlete to compete at the Paralympic and Olympic games.

  22. Tied Test Match

    Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.

  23. Michael Johnson

    How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.

  24. Bob Champion wins the National

    How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.

  25. Boat Race Mutiny

    The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.

  26. Cliff Young - Potato Farmer and Ultrarunner

    How ageing potato farmer Cliff Young, became an Australian running legend.

  27. The Three Degrees

    Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.

  28. The Death of Ayrton Senna

    Ayrton Senna was one of the best Formula One drivers ever, He died in a crash in 1994

  29. The Jamaican bobsled team

    In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.

  30. Women's Marathon Pioneer

    How Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967

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