Olympic history
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Michael Johnson
How the US sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m record at the 1996 Olympics.
Caster Semenya
In 2009, world champion runner Caster Semenya faced questions about her gender
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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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Nick Skelton's bid for gold
British showjumper Nick Skelton's 33 year quest for an Olympic medal.
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Sydney Olympics’ vault fault
At the Olympics in 2000, a fault with gymnastics equipment changed the course of a final
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The most controversial three seconds in basketball history
The USSR faced the USA in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final
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Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson was disqualified 48 hours after winning the Olympic 100 metre final in 1988
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Dan Jansen - from tragedy to triumph
The American speed-skater who overcame grief to win Olympic gold.
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Vonetta Flowers: The first black Winter Olympic champion
How the American bobsledder made history at the 2002 games in Utah
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Kosovo’s first Olympic medal
Majlinda Kelmendi won the first medal for Kosovo since the country gained independence.
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The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
How the women's hockey team won an unexpected first Olympic gold in 1980
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Derartu Tulu: Africa's first black female Olympic champion
Derartu Tulu became the first black African woman to win gold in Barcelona in 1992
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Britain's Golden Relay
Britain's 4x100m relay team cause one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history in Athens
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Zamzam Farah - Somalia's inspiring runner
The Somali 400-metre runner who was forced to seek asylum after the London 2012 Olympics
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Stacy Dragila - Queen of the Women's Pole Vault
The American vaulter who won the first ever Olympic women's competition at Sydney 2000
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Maria Mutola - Mozambique's athletics queen
How the legendary 800-metre runner finally won an Olympic gold medal in 2000
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'The Witches of the Orient' - Japan's Volleyball Heroines
The women's team who won a legendary victory for Japan at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964
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The first Tokyo Olympics
How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games
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Cathy Freeman, the Star of the Sydney Olympics
The aboriginal runner who lit the Olympic cauldron and went on to win the 400m event
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Nadia Comaneci and the first 'Perfect 10'
The Romanian recalls how in 1976 - at 14 - she achieved a perfect score for gymnastics
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m Final
Close finish - Gebrselassie beat his rival Paul Tergat of Kenya by less than a second
Lopez Lomong - From Lost Boy To The Olympics
The former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.
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Women's Marathon Agony
In 1984, Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completed the Olympic marathon in terrible pain
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Shun Fujimoto - Japan's Injured Olympic Hero
The Japanese gymnast who won gold in 1976 despite competing with a broken knee
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