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Sportshour: Jake Peacock: Entertaining and inspiring through Muay Thai

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04/05/2024 GMT

Jake Peacock: Entertaining and inspiring through Muay Thai

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Jake Peacock: Entertaining and inspiring through Muay Thai

Muay Thai fighter Jake Peacock on entertaining and inspiring the world with one hand

Muay Thai fighter Jake Peacock on entertaining and inspiring the world with one hand.

Caroline Barker speaks to Jake Peacock on how he wants to entertain and inspire the world through his achievements in the Muay Thai ring. Peacock, who was born with one arm shorter than the other, was bullied at school and still receives negative messages on social media, but he says his greatest satisfaction comes from inspiring people.

From free classes and sharing equipment to the Olympic Games, Samantha Catantan is the first Filipino fencer to qualify for the Olympics in 32 years - and the first woman. Her qualification came after a significant injury setback and she’s not the only Catantan sibling with an Olympic dream.

Double Olympic rowing champion Heather Stanning has recently completed Marathon des Sables, a six-day footrace over 250km in the Sahara Desert. Is the “toughest footrace on earth” her toughest challenge yet?

And, 4 May is also known as 'Star Wars Day' so to mark the day Sportshour finds out more about the Stars Wars inspired sport of lightsaber duelling with France’s Celine Marie Mercier.

(Photo: Jake Peacock after winning on his ONE Championship debut against Kohei Shinjo in Bangkok in April 2024. Credit: ONE Championship)

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