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It takes a lot more than practice to to make it onto the podium. Eliza Skinner and Ed Harry meet four more extraordinary athletes who've won medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, finding out how - and why - they reached the top, and what the rest of us can learn from their journeys. All episodes available Thursday 24 July.

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