The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games

Episode 11 - Cheating


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Cheats. Every sport and almost every part of life sees people who chance their arm. This episode looks at those who chanced their arms, legs and right buttock - and got caught doing so. And they are just hard to believe....

Every Sunday and Thursday we bring a new episode.

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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The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic GamesBy Richard Stokoe