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Sportshour: Olympic dream set to be realised

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Meet Cambodia's first female long distance Olympian in Rio

16/07/2016 GMT

Olympic dream set to be realised

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Olympic dream set to be realised

Cambodia's first female long distance Olympian on why her family thinks she's "crazy"

Her family think she's "crazy"; nonetheless Nary Ly will be Cambodia's first female long distance Olympian

Her family think she is crazy; nonetheless Marathon runner Nary Ly will become Cambodia's first female long distance Olympian in Rio. In a country where the prevailing attitude encourages fair skin, women’s sport is discouraged because training outside tans the skin. For 42-year-old Ly, who escaped the Khmer Rouge to France as an 8 year old, it marks an important step for Cambodia as attitudes to women’s sport modernise albeit slowly. 

Dope
This week Rory McIlroy says golf must improve its drug-testing regime as he could "get away with" doping as it stands. We discuss whether all sports should have to reach the same standard of testing and why they don’t currently compare. Guests include Professor Bob Steward author of "Rethinking Drug Use in Sport: Why the War will Never be Won".

Cheeky!
A group of "night runners" in Kenya's capital city Nairobi want their nocturnal activities to be recognised as a sport. But a section of residents there, and the country's government, think it should be banned. Why? Well they normally conduct their activities stark naked. Jack Songoh is the President of the Kenya Night Runners Union bares all.

Homeless World Cup
The Homeless World Cup final takes place this weekend in Glasgow, but is the $1,500,000 spent on hosting the event money well spent?

Winners:
Triinh Thi Bich Nhu, Paralympic swimmer from Vietnam is the latest in our series profiling six women from around the world and how they came to excel at their sport. At the age of three she was disabled by polio and seemed destined to spend her life in a rural village. When she discovered swimming, her life changed completely.   Through the sport she excels at she has travelled the world, made friends, and achieved a life for herself that others never thought possible.

Sporting Witness… In 2000, four athletes from East Timor were invited by the International Olympic Committee to take part as guests in the Sydney Olympics. Among them was marathon runner, Aguida Amaral, whose home- and running shoes – had been destroyed in a wave of violence unleashed by pro-Indonesian militias. Wearing donated trainers, Amaral finished virtually last, but received a huge ovation from the crowd and became a hero in her home country.

Photo: Nary Ly in training for the Rio Olympics Credit Nary Ly/Facebook

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