Credits
- Series Producer
- Kevin Bishop
- Presenter
- Matthew Pinsent
Duration: 30 minutes
Matthew Pinsent is in Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a boxer who still trains in the Rio favela where his father was gunned down and killed.
Elsewhere, India's five-time world boxing champion MC Mary Kom speaks about overcoming an unprivileged background and the emotions of fighting other women.
Plus, the young judo fighter who has become an inspiration to girls all over Brazil, the latest product of Australian swimming and the village in Pakistan that has produced no less than 57 international hockey players.
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