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How Fanny Blankers-Koen became the 'flying housewife’
Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London
The Ice Mile
In 2009, swimmer Ram Barkai broke the world record for the longest swim in freezing water
Ron Grant: First man to run around Australia
In 1983, ultra-runner Ron Grant became the first person to run around Australia
The ice hockey team sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi
In 1987, Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi sponsored German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn
Maria Costello: the record-breaking female motorcyclist
In 2005, Maria Costello became the fastest woman ever round the Isle of Man TT course
Germany’s first black national footballer
Footballer Erwin Kostedde talks about how racism affected his career
Fighting Norway's boxing ban
In 2014, fighter Cecilia Braekhus helped end Norway’s 33 year ban on professional boxing
Puerto Rico upsets the USA in Olympic basketball
In 2004, underdogs Puerto Rico beat the USA in one of the biggest upsets in basketball
Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess'
In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history
The Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics
How former Soviet athletes competed for the first and only time as the Unified Team