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Sporting Witness Episodes

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    Born to Run: Mexico's Tarahumara Indians

    The epic race between America's top ultramarathon runner and an ancient Mexican tribe

  2. Japan's Keirin cycling phenomenon

    How the uniquely Japanese track cycling event made its Olympic debut in 2000.

  3. Cameroon's Triple Jump Queen

    How motherhood inspired Francoise Mbango to two Olympic gold medals.

  4. Golf's 'war by the shore'

    The bitter confrontation between the USA and Europe at the 1991 Ryder Cup

  5. The Queen of Women's Beach Volleyball

    How America鈥檚 Misty May-Treanor won an Olympic gold medal three times.

  6. The struggle for women's football in Afghanistan

    Former captain Shamila Kohestani on why football in Afghanistan was more than a game

  7. India's first Paralympic champion

    In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal.

  8. Brazil's blind sprinting legend

    How Terezinha Guilhermina went from a Brazilian favela to Paralympic glory.

  9. Hou Bin wows the world

    The Chinese athlete who lit the Paralympic flame after a stunning feat of strength.

  10. Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker

    How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records and won Paralympic golds.

  11. The Golden Couple of the first Tokyo Olympics

    British runners Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell were stars of the 1964 Olympics

  12. Zamzam Farah - Somalia's inspiring runner

    The Somali 400-metre runner who was forced to seek asylum after the London 2012 Olympics

  13. The first Tokyo Olympics

    How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games

  14. Stacy Dragila - Queen of the Women's Pole Vault

    The American vaulter who won the first ever Olympic women's competition at Sydney 2000

  15. Bjorn Borg

    The Swedish tennis superstar who won Wimbledon five times in a row

  16. France鈥檚 Euro 2000 triumph

    Robert Pires on how the French became European champions in dramatic style

  17. The Panenka penalty

    How the Czechoslovak midfielder created a daring new style of penalty at Euro 76

  18. Football's Coming 蜜芽传媒

    How England sparked a mood of national euphoria at Euro 96 before it ended in tears

  19. The Van Basten wonder goal

    How an amazing volley gave Holland their first victory at a big international tournament

  20. Denmark's shock Euros win

    How the Danes won the Euro 92 championship despite not even qualifying for the tournament

  21. Enith Brigitha - First black swimmer to win an Olympic medal

    In 1976, the Dutch swimmer blazed the trail for future black athletes in swimming

  22. Maria Mutola - Mozambique's athletics queen

    How the legendary 800-metre runner finally won an Olympic gold medal in 2000

  23. Arsenal's last-minute championship win

    In 1989 Arsenal won the English football league with an extra-time goal against Liverpool

  24. Indonesia's badminton heroine

    How Susi Susanti won the first Olympic gold medal for her badminton-obsessed country

  25. Anthony Robles

    The one-legged wrestler who won a national college title in the United States in 2011

  26. The Scottish club that toppled Real Madrid

    Led by Alex Ferguson, Aberdeen beat the Spanish giants to win a European trophy in 1983

  27. The athlete who changed the rules on sex tests

    How a Spanish woman hurdler won the right to compete despite having male chromosomes

  28. Kuwait at the football World Cup

    The Gulf state's first and only World Cup appearance, with a camel as team mascot

  29. Ghana's runaway sprinters

    How two Ghanaian athletes escaped during the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 1990

  30. Fighting for women's boxing

    The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA.

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