James Evans
speaker
95 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 28 Feb
James Evans’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They have suffered a siege, starvation and heavy bombardment.
Now, rebel fighters and their families leave Darayya.
The Damascus suburb was the opposition rebels' stronghold, a gateway to the capital.
Richard Asquith, Emile Zatopek's biographer.
Emil Zatepek was born in rural Czechoslovakia in 1922.
The shoe factory organised an annual race through the local town.
Now a teenager, Zatopek was reluctant to take part.
But once he started running again, he found he loved the attention.
After that second place, Zatopek was determined to become a winner.
And once he joined the Czechoslovak army, his training became obsessive.
But a string of Westerners made their way over to see Zatopek, including, on one famous occasion, the Australian coach Percy Serity.
That night in the Finnish woods didn't affect Zatopek's performance.
In his first event, the 10,000 metres, he destroyed the opposition.
But Zatopek's next race will probably be the hardest of his whole career.
But as an insurance policy, he'd also put his name down for the marathon a few days later, even though he'd never run one before.
The great Czech could have simply rested on his laurels, but typically he decided to go ahead and follow a simple tactic.
The favourite was the world record holder and veteran marathon runner Jim Peters.
And he's being celebrated at the Rio Games as the very embodiment of the Olympic spirit.
Sport activity, it is giving really a pleasure.
I think it's practical.
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