Three times world long jump champion, the Cuban Yvan Pedroso only dreamed of one thing on his arrival in Sydney: winning the gold medal that should be rightfully his and which he missed out in in Barc...

It would be hard to find anyone as unlucky as Ralph Metcalfe, the American sprinter who won two medals - a silver and a bronze - in the 100 m and 200 m at Los Angeles in 1932.In the 100 m, Metcalfe wa...

Nicknamed "the flying Dutchwoman", this athlete was competing alongside France's Michèle Ostermayer, star of the 1948 London games.Whilst the French girl won shot put and discus events, the Dutch girl...