Sporting Witness Episodes Episode guide
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The First Ultimate Fighting Championship
How the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts was launched in America in 1993.
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Kelly Kulick - Ten Pin Bowler
The first woman to compete at the same level as men in the professional game.
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The Climbing Pioneer Who Conquered El Capitan
Lynn Hill was first to free-climb 'The Nose', 3,000ft of vertical granite wall
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Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost: Formula One's Greatest Rivalry
How the feud between two motor-racing giants spilled onto the track in 1989.
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The "Battle Of The Sexes" Tennis Match
In 1973, Billie-Jean King made tennis history by winning a challenge game against a man.
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Iranian Football's "Mr Hat-Trick"
How the Irish-born footballer, Eamon Zayed, became a folk hero in Iran.
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O.J. Simpson Makes American Football History
How his 1973 season with the Buffalo Bills made O.J. Simpson a superstar.
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Chioma Ajunwa: Making Olympic History
How Nigerian athlete Chioma Ajunwa stunned the world at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996
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The Creation of Ironman
How one of the world's hardest endurance events was invented in Hawaii in 1978.
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Nawal El Moutawakel - Pioneer of Muslim Women's Athletics
How a Moroccan woman hurdler took victory at the 1984 Olympics and inspired a generation.
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'Fast Freddie' Spencer - Motorcycling's Child Prodigy
The American motorbike rider who won his first world championship aged 21
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The Olympic Hero Who Rescued His Fellow Sailors
How Canadian Lawrence Lemieux was hailed for his sportsmanship at the 1988 Olympics.
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Alison Hargreaves
Memories of the great British woman mountaineer killed in the Himalayas in August 1995.
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Sergey Bubka - Pole Vault Legend
How the legendary Ukrainian athlete won his toughest World Championship in 1997.
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John Daly - The "Wild Thing" of Golf
How the maverick golfer became a superstar overnight by winning the US PGA as a rookie.
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Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan
How a sports star turned military hero died in a controversial friendly fire incident.
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Eddy Merckx - Tour De France Legend
Memories of the Belgian cyclist so feared he was known as "The Cannibal".
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Boris Becker - Teenage Wimbledon King
How the unseeded German teenager became Wimbledon champion in 1985.
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Sheryl Swoopes - Queen of Basketball
The Olympic gold medallist who became one of the first stars of the women's NBA.
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Fred Perry - Tennis Legend
The British tennis player who became a global celebrity in the 1930s
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The First Women's Cricket World Cup
Women players from England and the West Indies recall the inaugural tournament in 1973.
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Maradona's Failed Doping Test
How the Argentine superstar was expelled from the USA 1994 soccer World Cup.
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Tibet's Football Team
How a retired Danish footballer formed the Tibetan national team in 2001.
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Celtic's "Lions of Lisbon" win the European Cup
How the Glasgow team became the first in Britain to win the top prize in club football
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Francis Chichester Sails the World
The British yachtsman who set records going round the globe single-handedly in 1967
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Chrissie Wellington - The Iron Lady
How the late-developing British triathlete came from nowhere to become the world's best.
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The 5:19 Football Riot in China
How Chinese fans rioted in 1985 after losing a World Cup qualifier to Hong Kong
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Kerry Packer's Cricket Revolution
How the Australian tycoon brought big money, and controversy, into the sport in 1977.
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The Japanese Women's Football Team
How a World Cup win brought a boost to Japan after the huge earthquake in 2011.
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Simon Beresford – Marathon Runner with Down's Syndrome
The first person with Down's Syndrome to complete the London Marathon.
