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Duathlete Chris Mosier is not only the first transman to make a men's US National Team; he also successfully campaigned for the International Olympic Committee to change their policy on transgender athletes. The rule changes brought in this year now mean athletes like Chris can represent their country at the Olympic Games.

Pakistani Pain:
A population of nearly 200,000,000 and not one has automatically qualified for any of the twenty eight disciplines at the Rio Olympics! Not even the hockey team who have won 8 of the 10 medals in the country's Olympic history, have qualified this time around. Instead, Pakistan will send 7 athletes in 4 sports all of whom have been invited to take part, wild card entries if you like. So why is Pakistani Olympic sport in such a terrible state? Manzoor ul Hassan gives us his thoughts. He won Olympic hockey bronze for Pakistan in 1976 and coached the team at the ’88 Games.

Olympic Winners:
Aya Medany, a modern pentathlete from Egypt is the latest in our series looking at six women from around the world tell the stories of how they came to excel at their sport - the obstacles, failures and triumphs along the way. Ever since the Swimming Federation banned full bodysuits, Aya has wrestled with balancing the needs of her sport and the requirements of her Muslim faith. In a country that regards sport as a distraction for women, Aya campaigns and encourages more Muslim girls into sport.

Pokemon Go!
With Pokemon Go sweeping the world we are at the home of one of the most famous names in baseball, the Durham Bulls (made famous by the Hollywood film Bull Durham with Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon) to hear about how the team are letting Pokemon players enter the field of play all in aid of charity.

Sporting Witness… It’s 40 years since one of the most famous crashes in the history of Formula 1 – the day Niki Lauda crashed into an embankment at the notoriously dangerous Nurburgring circuit in Germany. As flames engulfed his car, Lauda had to be rescued by his fellow drivers, but somehow survived despite being given the last rites in hospital. We hear from former Formula 1 driver, Brett Lunger, who helped pull Lauda from the wreckage.

Photo: Chris Mosier Credit:Phil Lee