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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2024 · 44 MIN

Ed Moses: A career and life fit for a film

from Not by the Playbook · host BBC World Service

Ed Moses won 122 consecutive races including two Olympic gold medals over a nearly 10-year span in the 400m hurdles, but how did he become unbeatable? Sportshour’s Caroline Barker speaks to the double Olympic champion about his dominance, his then-revolutionary 13 strides and how an introduction from Morgan Freeman has finally brought his life to the screen. For the first time in the 173-year history of the America’s Cup, there will be a standalone women’s event in 2024. Canada’s Isabella Bertold had swapped sails for pedals to become a professional cyclist, but she explains why she’s back on the water as captain of Concord Pacific Racing team and leading a campaign to champion women's sport. Former Australian international swimmer Kurt Herzog shares his life after elite sport and how he’s working in Indigenous communities to bring neglected public pools back to life. Plus, find out more about the sport of blind baseball with Great Britain’s Grant Mallabar.Image: American athlete Edwin Moses, wearing sunglasses, clears a hurdle during the men's 400m hurdles event of the 1988 Summer Olympics, at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, September 1988. Moses won bronze in the men's 400m hurdles at the Games. (Photo by Bongarts/Getty Images)

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