Introducing Amazing Sport Stories
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2023
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Sport but not as you know it. A brand new sports storytelling podcast.
Imagine being stranded in the “death zone” on one of the world’s highest mountains. How about running 200 miles in a dark tunnel? We’ve been searching the world for the most amazing sport stories. Other podcasts bring you the scores and team news. This one tells the stories you’ll wish you’d known about and now probably won’t forget. You don’t need to be obsessed with sport to find yourself immersed in our mini-seasons and short stories. Search for Amazing Sport Stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Or find it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvs1/episodes/downloads
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine being on one of the highest mountains in the world, cold and exhausted. |
| 0:10.0 | Oh no, my headlamp fell in down. |
| 0:15.0 | How can I do it? |
| 0:16.0 | Unable to move another inch. |
| 0:19.0 | Everything is dark. |
| 0:20.0 | I can see nothing. |
| 0:22.0 | On the part of the mountain so high, it has a name which really does reflect its true danger. |
| 0:30.0 | The death zone. |
| 0:32.0 | Imagine running 200 miles through a dark tunnel. If sleep is |
| 0:37.8 | optional in the tunnel, hallucinations are all but guaranteed. |
| 0:43.0 | I was walking on a glass floor. |
| 0:45.0 | I couldn't escape from it. |
| 0:47.0 | Or how about being back at school and the one everyone is talking about |
| 0:52.0 | because you're taking one of the national sports to the highest court in the land. |
| 0:57.0 | If you had the desks all together, they would push my desk off to the side so I sat alone. |
| 1:02.0 | This is sport, but not as you know it. A curse |
| 1:06.1 | exits his lips. |
| 1:08.1 | Dam nation be upon every one of you. As long as you shall live county maya will never win another all |
| 1:15.1 | Ireland. Amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service we've been searching |
| 1:20.9 | the world for the stories you wish you'd known about. |
| 1:24.0 | Walking into the courtroom is an overwhelming experience. |
| 1:28.0 | And now, probably, we'll never forget. |
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