Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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India's Queen of the Oceans
How Bula Choudhury was the first woman to swim straits of the world's seven seas.
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Natalia Partyka - Youngest paralympian
The Polish table tennis champion who began her Paralympic career aged just 11.
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Viv Anderson - first black England footballer
In November 1978, the defender became the first black Englishman to play for his country.
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Surfing the world's biggest waves
Garrett McNamara broke the world record for biggest wave ever surfed in 2011 at Nazar茅
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Africa's football revolution
Ex-Premiership star Kolo Toure on how a team in Ivory Coast modernised football in Africa
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South Africa's black rowing hero
How Sizwe Ndlovu became the first black African to win an Olympic rowing gold in 2012.
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Cathy Freeman
The aboriginal runner who became the hero of the Sydney Olympics in 2000
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Australia's 'Madam Butterfly'
Susie O'Neill experienced the joy of victory and the agony of defeat at her home Olympics
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Cycling's 'Everesting' challenge
Why cyclists in lockdown are riding the equivalent of climbing the world's highest peak
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Lucy Ejike - Nigeria's powerlifting hero
The story of Nigeria's most successful female paralympian.
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Tasha Danvers - motherhood and elite performance
The British hurdler who overcame private emotional struggles to win an Olympic bronze
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Chak de India!
How India's female hockey stars inspired a generation of sportswomen and a Bollywood film
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Tears of a weightlifter
In 2008, Matthias Steiner overcame personal tragedy to win an emotional Olympic gold
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The first woman to climb Everest
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
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Coe vs Ovett
British runner Sebastian Coe remembers his rivalry with Steve Ovett at the 1980 Olympics
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Afghanistan's cricket heroes
How Afghan cricketers lifted the nation's spirits by reaching their first big tournament
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Beckham in Hollywood
The glitz and glamour of David Beckham's signing for Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007
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Andre Agassi
The private emotional struggles of the 1992 Wimbledon tennis champion
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Greece's stunning football triumph
How rank outsiders Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship.
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Cheerleading's first World Championships
The first Cheerleading Worlds were held in 2004 at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer
The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football
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Rulon Gardner - Wrestling Hero
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian champion considered unbeatable.
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Ibtihaj Muhammad - Fencing in a hijab
The inspiring story of the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab at the Olympics.
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Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer
The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.
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The Matthews Final
How legendary English footballer Stanley Matthews won the FA Cup for his team in 1953.
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Fausto Coppi - Il Campionissimo
The great Italian cyclist whose private life scandalized Italy in the 1950s.
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The 'Crazy Gang' win the FA Cup
How Wimbledon won a shock victory over the mighty Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final
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Defying the Taliban
How Pakistan's Maria Toorpakai Wazir battled death threats to become a squash player.
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Mary Peters
How the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
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Parkour
How French teenagers invented a sport by running, jumping and vaulting around their town.
