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The first Olympic women's marathon and the battle for the right to run.

On night one of the NFL Draft, Alabama star Brian Branch sat backstage anxiously waiting for his name to be called. This was the defining moment of his lifetime; the culmination of years of hard work, struggle, and determination. The small-town kid turned Alabama football star was expected to be picked in the first round, that's why he had received one of the coveted invitations to attend the draft in person. Various experts had predicted that he would be drafted as high as pick 11. Would they be right? Or, as he so often felt, would Brian Branch have something to prove?

[Contains explicit content] The latest Audible Original series "GameBreaker with Keith Olbermann" brings listeners inside the experience of athletes who can teach us lessons far beyond sports. From the runner who rewired her brain's reaction to pain, to the Olympic swimmer whose refusal of rules revolutionized the sport, to the cyclist with a soap tattoo and a burning sense of what's right, the series looks at the personal sacrifice and societal pressures that impact athletes and challenge the way we think about sports.

In 1971, 12-year-old Lesley Cairns was a South African swimming phenom with big Olympic dreams.

UFC Hall of Fame fighter and commentator Micheal Bisping talks to some of the greatest mixed martial artists in the business about the most challenging — and meaningful — bouts of their careers. Along the way, guests open up to the former champ about their struggles with deeper battles too — from poverty to depression to injuries, and more.

Siempre gana uno. El más rápido, el más fuerte o el que llega más alto. El que juega en equipo y el que domina la técnica. El que marca más goles, anota más canastas o gana más partidos. El mejor. Domina su tiempo, marca una época, bate todos los registros… ¿Pero qué ocurre cuando coinciden en el mismo deporte y al mismo tiempo dos ganadores de leyenda?