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We look at the sexual abuse scandal that has engulfed gymnastics in the USA. We hear from former gymnast Rachael Denhollander on waiving her right to anonymity to accuse former USA national team doctor Dr Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. We also hear from John Manley the lawyer representing two gymnasts, including an Olympian, who are suing Gymnastics USA for their failure to act on allegations brought to them about Dr Nasser. Mark Alesia one of the investigators from the Indianapolis Star, the paper that broke the story, also joins us.

"I feared for my own safety"
The documentary 'Forever Pure' centres on Israel's most notorious football club, Beitar Jerusalem. The film follows the team, its fans and owners after signing two Muslim players from Chechnya. The first Muslims to play for the team... The angry reaction of fans shocked the country with director Maya Zinshtein receiving death threats.

Acting the part of captain
Ed Rolston had two dreams growing up, to play international rugby and to be a star of the big screen. There was a time when neither seemed attainable. He left professional rugby before his career ever really got going, but now he is the captain of the Hong Kong national side and the first half of his ambitious double is complete. So what happened to his attempt to conquer Hollywood?

Sporting Witness: It is 60 years since a love affair between a Czechoslovak discus thrower and an American hammer thrower made the headlines at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. The discus thrower was Olga Fikotova, who won gold in her event but was then ostracised by Czech officials for starting a relationship with a westerner. At the height of the Cold War, Fikotova was treated as a potential defector and virtually ignored on her return to Prague despite winning Czechoslovakia鈥檚 only gold of the Olympics.

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