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"The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon. Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon. But the journey there wasn't easy. Minda was paralyzed as an infant in India after contracting polio, and...
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"Seen around the world, John Carlos and Tommie Smith's Black Power salute on the 1968 Olympic podium sparked controversy and career fallout. Yet their show of defiance remains one of the most iconic images of Olympic history and the Black Power movement. Here is the remarkable story of one of the men behind the salute, lifelong activist John Carlos" --
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"Perhaps the greatest Olympic champion of all time, Emil Zátopek became a national hero for his prowess at running. Known as the "Czech Locomotive", the outspoken Zátopek was equally impressive as a public figure, successfully pressuring Czechoslovakia's Communist regime to allow his colleague Stanislav Jungwirth, a political outcast, to compete. But as the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games approached, Zátopek's fate hung in the balance: would he...