Sportshour
Olympic dream set to be realised
- Autor: Vários
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- Editor: Podcast
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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