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When Tom Justice failed to make the Olympics in the 1990s, he decided that if his biking skills wouldn鈥檛 win medals, then he鈥檇 use them to rob banks instead.

His cycling prowess gave him a speedy getaway, but there are only so many robberies you can commit before your ego, and the FBI, start catching up with you.

Hear how going to prison saved Tom鈥檚 life on new World Service podcast Lives Less Ordinary.

Producer: Louise Morris
Video by Troy Holmes