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Life as a jockey is hard: pre-dawn starts, hard riding and lots of work to get the maximum performance from the gallopers. So what inspired two rural women - one almost straight from school, the other in a career-changing move - to decide to become jockeys.
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Athletic excellence aside, Olympic organisers want the games safe and secure. Ever since Munich in 1972, securing the safety of all participants is paramount. Australian Olympian Graham Windeatt competed in '72 and has followed the changes in the Olympic experience. Read Transcript
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For many years Rodney Eade has been an important figure in Australian Rules football - as a player with Hawthorn, as a coach with the Sydney Swans and now the Western Bulldogs, and simply as one of the game's most interesting thinkers. Meet him on this week's Sports Factor. Read Transcript
Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who runs on carbon fibre blades, has managed to get within one second of the able-bodied qualifying time for the 100 metres sprint. Read Transcript
If there's one thing the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should have in spades, it's security. Of course security concerns have dominated the Games in recent years. Read Transcript
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Harry Gordon first set out to report on the Olympics in Helsinki in 1952 and now, more than half a century later, he's turned his gaze to Beijing. This week on The Sports Factor meet the master of Australian sports writing. Read Transcript
Friday 8.30am
repeated 7pm
Presented by
Mick O'Regan
10pm AEST
Late Night Live
with Phillip Adams
Discussions on politics, science, philosophy and culture, with fascinating and often controversial guests
