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In 1998, the world's most expensive chess centre opened in a remote region of Russia.
Shaul Ladany - the Great Survivor
The Israeli race-walker who survived the Holocaust and the Munich Olympics shootings
Terry Fox and the Marathon of Hope
The cancer patient who inspired Canada with an attempt to run across the country in 1980
Dawn Fraser - Triple Olympic Champion
How the rebellious Australian swimmer shattered records in the 1950s and 60s
The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
How the women's hockey team won the first Olympic gold for their country in 1980.
The Torino air disaster
In May 1949, a plane crash killed one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.
Yugoslavia Football Riot
How violence at a Red Star Belgrade vs Dinamo Zagreb game heralded the war in Yugoslavia.
The 1976 US Olympic Boxing Team
The American boxers acclaimed for one of the best team performances in Olympic history.
Bangladesh's Channel Swimmer Hero
How Brojen Das broke the world record for swimming from to England in 1961.
Denmark's Shock Win at the European Championship
How the Danish football team won the Euro 1992 tournament despite failing to qualify
Pyrros Dimas - Greek Weightlifting Legend
How the 'Lion of Himara' became a Greek hero by battling injury at the Athens Olympics
Shun Fujimoto - Japan's Injured Olympic Hero
The Japanese gymnast who won gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee
Arthur Ashe
In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win Wimbledon
Women's Marathon Agony
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
East Timor's Marathon Hero
The journey of female marathoner Agueda Amaral from refugee to the Sydney Olympics.
Niki Lauda Crashes
The 1976 motor racing crash which went down in Formula One history.
Nigeria's Supereagles win Olympic Gold
In 1996, Nigeria became the first African team to take football gold at the Olympic Games
Nadia Comaneci
The Romanian gymnast who scored the first "Perfect 10" at the Olympics in 1976.
Emil Zatopek
The legendary Czechoslovak runner who won three golds at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Eric Liddell
The story of the Scottish runner immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.
Willy T Ribbs
In 1991, an African-American driver raced the Indianapolis 500 for the first time
Rwanda at the Paralympics
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians.
India's First Paralympic Hero
In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal
Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker
How blind runner, Henry Wanyoike, set world records that stand to this day
Lady Swimmers of the 1920s
How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.
The 'Black 14' Protest Rocks American Football
How black players at Wyoming University sparked a national debate over racism in 1969
Meeting Mr Pilates
In the 1950s, Joseph Pilates taught his fitness method in a New York studio.
The Black Power Salute
How two African-American athletes protested against racism at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Blood in the Water
How tension between Hungary and the USSR turned into a battle at the 1956 Olympics
Jason McCartney - Bali Bomb Survivor
The Aussie rules footballer who inspired a nation by surviving a terrorist attack
The "Phantom Game" in General Pinochet's Chile
How a football international was played at a stadium being used as a torture centre.
