Sport is not just about wins and losses. It is also important how you win and how you lose. Because being a champion does not only mean winning a medal, breaking a record, dominating one's discipline, but winning a moral primacy, knowing how to defend a noble ideal, setting an example. And to fight against invisible and subtle opponents such as racial, political or sexual discrimination, against serious illnesses or accidents, or simply against unjust rules and traditions out of time. The protagonists of these twenty stories, with their courageous choices and their extraordinary ability to fight, show us how sport can change the world, when it is the spokesperson for the highest human values. The story of Yusra Mardini, a girl who ran away from the war by swimming; by Gino Bartali, champion who pedaled to save hundreds of Jews; of Emile Griffith, a boxer who killed in the ring and loved men; Kathrine Switzer, first woman to run a marathon; by Peter Norman, silent hero between the two giants of 1968: these and many other stories told by the strong and sweet, epic and moving voice of Riccardo Gazzaniga. "Lo sport non è fatto solo di vittorie e di sconfitte. È importante anche come si
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