This collection of 60 short Olympic tales covers the past 125 years. From the early days of running on cinder tracks and swimming in rivers to today’s sparkling architectural precincts, the Games have become the world’s largest two-week sportsfest spawning hundreds of champions with their own background from all around the world.
Enjoy these stories, relive historical moments, remember the legends, celebrate the heroes… be inspired.
CYCLING DYNASTY
One of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic disciplines is cycling… with 2-wheel legend Sir Chris Hoy spectacularly topping the all-sport leader board at the 2012 London games by winning his 6th Gold medal. Jason Kenny equaled the feat 4 years later at the 2016 Rio Olympics… and took the family total to 10 Gold Medals. Establishing a potential British Olympic cycling dynasty by marrying team mate and most successful female track cyclist ever – 4-time Champion Laura Trott.
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6:00 mins – Play story
PENTATHLON FINISH
Based on the ancient Olympics… the modern pentathlon includes the 5 skills a soldier needed to deliver a message – riding an unfamiliar horse, fighting a sword duel, shooting a pistol, swimming a river and running through the woods. At the 2016 Olympics the battlefield was Rio de Janeiro where unheralded Australian Chloe Esposito came into the final event, running and shooting sitting in 7th place… 45 seconds behind but powered on to spectacularly win the Gold in an Olympic record.
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6:34 mins – Play story
WALKER THE RUNNER
New Zealand had a dramatic effect on the 76 Montreal Olympics both on and off the track. Anti-apartheid African nations boycotted over a rugby test played earlier between New Zealand and sporting pariahs South Africa. Under huge pressure to defend his 1500 metre world record John Walker answered the critics by sprinting early 300 metres out to take the Gold. Knighted that same year Sir John Walker was the first person to break the 3 min 50 barrier.
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7:09 mins – Play story
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