Sporting Witness

In 2008, the South African swimmer, Natalie du Toit, became the first athlete to qualify to compete at the Paralympic and Olympic Games.

She tells her story to Fred Dove.

Photo: Natalie du Toit at the 2008 Paralympics (AFP/Getty Images)

Note: The audio for this programme will be available online from Monday 7th May.

In 1960, the West Indies and Australia played one of the most dramatic test matches of all the time.

For the first time in cricket history, the game ended in a tie.

The Australian captain, Richie Benaud, recalls the test for Sporting Witness.

PHOTO: West Indies fast bowler Wesley Hall causes havoc. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

In 1996, the American sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200-metre world record at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

His victory, on home soil, completed a sprint double and is regarded as one of the greatest athletic performances of all time.

Johnson recalls the race for Sporting Witness.

NOTE: The audio of this programme will be available online on Monday.

PHOTO: AFP/Getty Images

In 1981, Bob Champion won a fairytale victory in Britain's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National.

Two years earlier, Champion had been diagnosed with cancer.

He had survived the treatment by dreaming of a National win.

Bob Champion recalls the race for Sporting Witness.

PHOTO: BBC

In 1987, the Oxford boat crew was hit by an unprecedented mutiny by a group of mainly American rowers.

The Oxford coach, Dan Topolski, was at the heart of the dispute.

Topolski gives Witness his account of the mutiny, and how he went on to win the university Boat Race with a makeshift crew.

PHOTO: The Oxford crew celebrate (Getty Images Sport)

In 1983, a 61 year old potato farmer called Cliff Young stunned Australia by winning an epic running race between Sydney and Melbourne.

The victory made Young a legend and helped put ultra-running on the map as a sport.

Witness speaks to ultra-running great Tony Rafferty, who lost to Cliff Young in the 1983 race.

PHOTO: Cliff Young training in gumboots. (Getty Images Sport)

Three black players who found fame in the British football league in the 1970s.

They all played for West Bromwich Albion.

When the pop trio, The Three Degrees, toured England, a press opportunity was just waiting to happen.

Photo: Cyrille Regis one of the West Brom players.

Ayrton Senna was one of the best Formula One drivers ever. He died in a crash in Italy in 1994. Hear from his friend and doctor, Professor Sid Watkins.

The Brazilian icon was just 34 years old at the time.

Hear from his friend and doctor, Professor Sid Watkins.

Photo: AFP/Getty Images.

In 1988 the Caribbean island fielded a bobsled team at the Winter Olympics.

Devon Harris was one of the four man team - hear his story.

Photo: Mark Cardwell/AFP/Getty Images.

In 1967, the American athlete Kathrine Switzer, became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.

At the time, athletics officials believed women were incapable of running more than a mile and a half.

After crossing the finishing line, Switzer was disqualified.

It was an experience that turned her into a campaigner for women's sport.

Picture: A Boston Marathon official attempts to stop Katherine Switzer, Credit: Associated Press