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Sportshour: Riding into the record books at Royal Ascot

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18/06/2022 GMT

Riding into the record books at Royal Ascot

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Riding into the record books at Royal Ascot

Hollie Doyle becomes the most successful female jockey in Royal Ascot history.

Hollie Doyle rides into the Royal Ascot record books, becoming the most successful female jockey in the history of the meeting.

We look ahead to the final day of Royal Ascot by speaking to the most successful female jockey in the history of the meeting. Hollie Doyle has been competing at the course all week, and joins us ahead of her ride in the big race of the day - the Platinum Jubilee Stakes.

Kathrine Switzer reflects on how she helped pave the way for female runners following the 50th New York mini marathon. Switzer co-founded and competed in the first event back in 1972 and recalls the barriers women runners faced at that time - including how she was attacked by a race official during the Boston Marathon in 1967, when females were prohibited from entering the race. 

Nathan Fluellen tells us about  “A great day in the Stoke”, which he believes was the biggest gathering of Black surfers in history. He says the idea for the recent event in Los Angeles came to him in the aftermath of 2020's racial reckoning, when Black surfers staged “paddle outs” following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. 

Andrea Mason explains her motivation for attempting to break four world records next month, when she'll attempt to swim the three longest lakes and climb the three highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland, and cycle between them too. Mason is doing the challenge in order to raise awareness about menstrual health. In 2017, she was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and cervical cancer and underwent a hysterectomy.

And in Sporting Witness, we travel back 48 years to the revolutionary surgery that saved baseball pitcher Tommy John's elbow and career. He was the first to have it done - and he paved the way for thousands of others. He became known as the Bionic Man and the operation was named after him.

Photo: Hollie Doyle celebrates winning The Coventry Stakes onboard Bradsell during Royal Ascot 2022. (Credit: Getty Images)

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