Episode 10 - Sore Losers

The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games

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Today we look at the sore losers - there are those who compete. And there are those who just cannot take being second best. There are some shockers!

This is a twice weekly series bringing you the weirdest things that happened in the Olympics over the years.

We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.

Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.

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Episode 10 - Sore Losers

The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games

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Today we look at the sore losers - there are those who compete. And there are those who just cannot take being second best. There are some shockers!

This is a twice weekly series bringing you the weirdest things that happened in the Olympics over the years.

We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.

Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.

21 episoade

#Sports #News #Sports News #History #Richard Stokoe

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Today we look at the sore losers - there are those who compete. And there are those who just cannot take being second best. There are some shockers! This is a twice weekly series bringing you the weirdest things that happened in the Olympics over the years. We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.…

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