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Sportshour: Giro d'Italia Donne: Elisa Longo Borghini cycles home

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03/07/2021 GMT

Giro d'Italia Donne: Elisa Longo Borghini cycles home

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Giro d'Italia Donne: Elisa Longo Borghini cycles home

Cyclist Elisa Longo Borghini hopes for a home win at the Giro d'Italia Donne.

We join home favourite Elisa Longo Borghini on the start line of the Giro d'Italia Donne, the most prestigious road race in women's cycling. She tells us why seeing her family cheer her on will be extra special this year, and what it would mean for an Italian to take the title.

The opening ceremony of the Olympics is now just a few weeks away and whether Evy Liebfarth grabs gold or not, she is guaranteed to make history. Alongside her fellow competitors, Liebfarth will be one of the first women to ever compete in canoeing at the games. She'll also be one of the younger competitors in Tokyo, but that's not to say she's new to the sport. Under the guidance of her father, the 17-year-old has been waiting for her moment for years!

Everyone dreams of gold, but for many simply getting to the Games marks a huge achievement. Ahead of the Rio Games in 2016, we met Houry Gebeshian who was set to become the first Armenian woman to compete in artistic gymnastics. She told us about her gruelling schedule, so was it worth the effort?

Almost 17 years to the day after Greece won Euro 2004, American-Greek film maker Christopher Andr' Marks tells us about arguably the biggest shock in football history. His new documentary 'King Otto' examines how Otto Rehhagel, the German manager who spoke no Greek, led Greece to a most improbable victory.

Plus, we're live at Wimbledon assessing all the action from the first week and look ahead to what might happen in the final stages; and we're also at the Euro's ahead of the two remaining quarter-final matches.

Photo: Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek- Segafredo during the 5th Liege - Bastogne - Liege 2021. (Credit: Getty Images)

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