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Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
Athletes Who Excelled in Individual and Team Competition
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7 in common: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Mark Spitz and 5 more
Many sports run individual and team events side by side: singles and doubles, individual races and relays, the all-around final and the team final, a golfer's majors and the Ryder Cup. Excelling...
Sports
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Sprinters Whose Technique Is Worth Studying
Sprinters Whose Technique Is Worth Studying
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5 in common: Michael Johnson (sprinter), Wilma Rudolph and 3 more
Sprinting looks simple until you slow the footage down. This list picks sprinters whose starts, acceleration, top-speed mechanics or bend running reward a closer look, from Jesse Owens to the...
Sports
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Videos to Watch With Your Grandparents
Videos to Watch With Your Grandparents
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Torvill and Dean
Clips that get older relatives talking: the television, music and news footage many of today's grandparents remember from their childhood and youth, plus a couple of gentle stories about animals...
Videos
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US Presidential Elections That Realigned American Politics
US Presidential Elections That Realigned American Politics
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Most presidential elections change who sits in the White House. A few change who votes for whom, and that new arrangement then holds for decades. These are the elections that did the second thing...
History
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Soccer Movies and Documentaries for Real Fans
Soccer Movies and Documentaries for Real Fans
by movie_expert  • 
On a similar theme
Films where soccer sits at the center of the story, not in the background: British terrace comedies, a Brazilian family drama, an Iranian stadium protest and documentaries built from archive...
Movies
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Sports Documentaries for People Who Do Not Follow the Sport
Sports Documentaries for People Who Do Not Follow the Sport
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You do not need a favourite team to care about a place on the squad, a body that will not cooperate or a whole town waiting for good news. These series give newcomers people and stakes to follow...
TV Shows
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Marathon Runners with Distinctive Career Stories
Marathon Runners with Distinctive Career Stories
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3 in common: Emil Zátopek, Abebe Bikila and 1 more
There is more than one way to become a great marathon runner. Some arrived from the track with world titles already won, some built careers around championship tactics, some chased the clock...
Sports
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Sportspeople with Remarkable Records at World Championships
Sportspeople with Remarkable Records at World Championships
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3 in common: Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt and 1 more
A world title means different things in different sports. Some championships come once a season, some every year and some only every other year, and a few, like Formula One's, are decided over a...
Sports
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High Jumpers Who Made Technique a Talking Point
High Jumpers Who Made Technique a Talking Point
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2 in common: Dick Fosbury and Gianmarco Tamberi
No athletics event has changed shape like the high jump. In living memory jumpers went over the bar with the scissors, the western roll, the straddle and finally the Fosbury Flop, and even within...
Sports
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Gymnasts Whose Signature Skills Changed the Sport
Gymnasts Whose Signature Skills Changed the Sport
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2 in common: Nadia Comăneci and Simone Biles
In gymnastics, a new skill is named after the first gymnast to perform it successfully at a major international competition and have it accepted into the Code of Points. That makes naming a matter...
Sports
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Olympians Who Excelled in More Than One Sport
Olympians Who Excelled in More Than One Sport
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In common: Ester Ledecká
Switching sports at the highest level is rare, and doing it well is rarer still. Every athlete here meets the same test: they competed at the Olympic or Paralympic Games in two or more different...
Sports
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Divers Who Combined Difficulty with Exceptional Execution
Divers Who Combined Difficulty with Exceptional Execution
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In common: Greg Louganis
A dive's score is the judges' execution marks multiplied by its degree of difficulty, so a diver can win with harder dives done well or simpler dives done almost perfectly. The greats manage both...
Sports
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Athletes Whose Rivalries Made Both Careers More Interesting
Athletes Whose Rivalries Made Both Careers More Interesting
by pitch_side  • 
In common: Muhammad Ali
The best rivalries show more than who won: they push both athletes to change, and they give fans a reason to watch every meeting. Each entry here is one athlete, with the rival who defined part of...
Sports
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People Who Made Collaboration Their Greatest Strength
People Who Made Collaboration Their Greatest Strength
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Torvill and Dean
Biographies love a lone genius, but many of the most influential careers were built in pairs and small teams. This list follows scientists, inventors, designers, writers, composers, filmmakers...
People
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Iconic Motorcycles Celebrated for Their Design
Iconic Motorcycles Celebrated for Their Design
by curious_compiler  • 
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These are the motorcycles people reach for when they talk about form. The test for a place was influence: a shape or layout that was widely recognized, copied by rivals or carried forward for...
Vehicles
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In Our Time Episodes to Start With
In Our Time Episodes to Start With
by curious_compiler  • 
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In Our Time is BBC Radio 4's weekly discussion program: one subject, three academic guests and about 45 minutes of conversation. Melvyn Bragg presented it from its first broadcast in October 1998...
Education
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Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
Archers Who Excelled When the Pressure Was Highest
by pitch_side  • 
On a similar theme
Archery looks calm on television, but an Olympic final is decided by a few millimetres, a ticking clock and sometimes a single arrow in a shoot-off. These are the archers whose records hold up...
Sports
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Pole Vaulters Who Expanded the Event's Possibilities
Pole Vaulters Who Expanded the Event's Possibilities
by pitch_side  • 
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The pole vault is the athletics event most shaped by its equipment. Bamboo gave way to steel and then fibreglass and carbon fibre, landing pits went from sand to foam, and women were only admitted...
Sports
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Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
Olympic Weightlifters with Extraordinary Competitive Consistency
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Weightlifting rewards the lifter who makes their attempts count: three tries in the snatch, three in the clean and jerk, and a total that decides the medals. This list picks lifters who did that...
Sports
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Running Documentaries and Movies
Running Documentaries and Movies
by curious_compiler  • 
On a similar theme
Films where running is the story rather than the backdrop: ultramarathon documentaries, record attempts, track biopics and comedies about a first marathon. Each entry says what kind of film it is...
Health & Fitness
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