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The race that stops a nation
Michelle Payne describes being the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
Sofia Mulanovich’s first world surfing championship win
Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich became the first South American to win a world surfing title
Mira Rai: Child soldier to sky runner
Mira Rai served in the Nepalese civil war as a teenager before becoming a sky runner
When Greg Louganis hit his head on a diving board
At the Seoul 1988 Olympics, the US diver hit his head while attempting a reverse 2½ pike
The first Esports tournament
In 1972, the first ever Esports tournament was held at California's Stanford University
Between two giants: Thrilla in Manila’s referee
Carlos Padilla on refereeing Ali v Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila fight 50 years ago
Second time around
German high jumper Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth on winning two Olympic golds 12 years apart
Bula Choudhury – India's record breaking swimmer
: In 2004 Bula Choudhury became the first woman to swim the straits of the seven seas
Oscar De La Hoya: ‘I knocked him down, he knocked me down’
WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya's showdown against Ike Quartey from Ghana
The photo which exposed a goalkeeper's fake injury
In 1989, one photo caught Chile’s goalkeeper faking injury in a World Cup qualifier