Comebacks, Records and Legends
The true stories behind sport's greatest comebacks, record runs and Olympic moments, from the track and the pool to the slopes, the road and the court.
10 deep dives
Shining Champion tells the stories of athletes who broke records, rewrote the rules or came back when everyone had written them off. We cover many sports, check every number against reliable sources and focus on the grit and craft behind each win.
Usain Bolt's 9.58
The fastest 100 metres ever run
Bannister's Four-Minute Mile
The barrier that fell in 1954
Nadia Comăneci's Perfect 10
The score the scoreboard could not show
Phelps and the Eight Golds
Beijing 2008, eight races, eight wins
Breaking the Two-Hour Marathon
From a Vienna park to London
The Match That Would Not End
Isner and Mahut, 70 games to 68
LeMond's Eight-Second Tour
The closest finish in Tour history
Tiger's 2019 Masters
A fifth green jacket at 43
The Women Who Opened Boston
Gibb, Switzer and bib 261
Mikaela Shiffrin's Record Run
The most World Cup wins ever
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