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Greg Louganis
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Available since today.
The American diver who hit his head on the diving board at the 1988 Olympics.
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Lasse Viren
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Available since last Monday.
In the 1972 Olympics he broke the 10,000 metre world record despite falling in the race.
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Lance Armstrong
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Available since Sat, 12 May 2012.
A close friend describes Lance Armstrong's comeback from cancer to win the Tour De France.
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Tied Test Match
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Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.
Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the first tie in test-match cricket.
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Michael Johnson
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Available since Sat, 28 Apr 2012.
How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.
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Bob Champion wins the National
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Available since Sat, 21 Apr 2012.
How Bob Champion overcame cancer to win the Grand National horse race in 1981.
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Boat Race Mutiny
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Available since Sat, 14 Apr 2012.
The Oxford coach on an unprecedented mutiny by a group of American rowers in 1987.
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Cliff Young - Potato Farmer and Ultrarunner
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Available since Sat, 7 Apr 2012.
How ageing potato farmer Cliff Young, became an Australian running legend.
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The Three Degrees
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Available since Fri, 30 Mar 2012.
Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.
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The death of Ayrton Senna
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Available since Fri, 23 Mar 2012.
He was one of the best Formula 1 drivers ever, but he died in a crash in Italy in 1994.
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The Jamaican bobsled team
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Available since Fri, 16 Mar 2012.
In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.
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Women's Marathon Pioneer
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Available since Fri, 9 Mar 2012.
How Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967.
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Sir Stirling Moss
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Available since Fri, 2 Mar 2012.
In 1955, Sir Stirling Moss faced his biggest motor racing challenge - the Mille Miglia.
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Nancy Kerrigan attacked
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Available since Fri, 24 Feb 2012.
How an attack on the ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, shocked the USA in 1994.
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Hassiba Boulmerka
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Available since Fri, 17 Feb 2012.
How Algerian runner Hassiba Boulmerka defied death threats to win Olympic gold in 1992.
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American Football's "Greatest Game"
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Available since Fri, 10 Feb 2012.
How the "Greatest Game" in American Football turned the sport into a modern phenomenon.
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London's Austerity Olympics
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Available since Fri, 3 Feb 2012.
How the 1948 Olympics helped London emerge from its post-war gloom.
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Zambian football crash
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Available since Sat, 28 Jan 2012.
How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.
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Gold for Burundi!
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Available since Sat, 21 Jan 2012.
How Venuste Niyongabo won Burundi's only Olympic gold in 1996.
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FA Cup Giantkillers
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Available since Thu, 12 Jan 2012.
How tiny Hereford United won one of the greatest FA cup ties of all time in 1972.
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The "Cotswold Olimpicks" of 1612
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Available since Fri, 6 Jan 2012.
How British Olympic history started 400 years ago with the games held in the Cotswolds.
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Kip Keino
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Available since Fri, 30 Dec 2011.
How the Kenyan running legend Kip Keino, won Olympic gold in 1968.
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Ron Clarke collapses at Mexico Olympics
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Available since Fri, 23 Dec 2011.
How Australian runner Ron Clarke collapsed from altitude sickness at the Mexico Olympics.
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Lady swimmers of the 1920s
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Available since Fri, 16 Dec 2011.
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.
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Summit Series Ice Hockey - Canada vs USSR 1972
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Available since Fri, 9 Dec 2011.
How Canada beat the Soviet Union to win one of the biggest ice hockey games of all time.
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Princess Anne at the Olympics
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Available since Fri, 2 Dec 2011.
The Princess Royal recalls competing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics on horseback.
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Precious McKenzie - South African weight-lifter
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Available since Fri, 25 Nov 2011.
How diminutive weight-lifter Precious McKenzie eventually achieved international success.
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Ping Pong Diplomacy
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Available since Fri, 18 Nov 2011.
How table tennis helped bridge the divide between the US and Maoist China in 1971.
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Duncan Goodhew and the Moscow Olympic boycott
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Available since Fri, 11 Nov 2011.
How the 1980 Moscow Olympics created a moral dilemma for British swimmer, Duncan Goodhew.
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Rumble in the Jungle
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Available since Sat, 5 Nov 2011.
In October 1974 one of the greatest boxing matches of all time took place in Zaire.
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