Since Oscar Pistorius started athletics 4 years ago, he has never lost the 200m competition. He always wants new challenges to push himself. And he would now attempt what was previously unthinkable - to race in the able-bodied competition.

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Some athletes like Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic can seemingly falter as soon as they reached their goal of being world no.1. However there are also some athletes who somehow found the drive to excel night in night out, year after year. Here are some outstanding examples.

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TOP Seeded Ana Ivanovic suffered a shocking loss in the 2nd round of the US Opens. She was upset by 188th-ranked Julie Coin in three sets - 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Her loss paved the way for Jelena Jankovic to reclaim the world no1 ranking…that’s if she do not suffer an early loss just like her Serbian counterpart.

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ROGER FEDERER opened his defense of his US Opens crown with an emphatic 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 straight sets victory over Maximo Gonzalez. Question is will Roger Federer be able to bring the same desire to all his future games and perhaps capture the US Opens for a fifth consecutive time? Or will he crumple under pressure again?

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Everybody likes an inspiration story, and Natalie Du Toit is definitely an inspiration. Her leg was amputated below the left knee as a result of a freak accident. Yet it did nothing to deter the steely swimmer from achieving her Olympic dream.

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