The Best Of Sporting Witness
A compilation of some of the most memorable stories from the series.
Sporting Witness · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Fred Dove presents the highlights from Sporting Witness, the series which reveals the inside story of key moments in sporting history.
It's packed with stories of endurance, personal triumph and injustices, and we hear from Martina Navratilova about the personal cost of her defection, learn how Dick Fosbury came up with his revolutionary way of high-jumping and discover why the French team turned up at the 1948 Olympics in London with a train full of wine.
PHOTO: Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria, winner of the women's 1500 metres at the 1992 Olympics. (Getty Images)