Colombian climber Julián Arredondo was never one to do anything by halves: ‘I was mixing drugs with alcohol and women. I took a little bit of everything, but it never filled this deep emptiness I had

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Cyclist: What did you learn most about yourself last season? Mattias Skjelmose: That I’m a fighter, I don’t give up. I’ll take my knocks but I’ll always stand back up. The whole season was pretty much

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How Jack Faint’s world-first Indian odyssey was powered by finding wonder in the face of fear

At 17, he ran 50 miles to honour his ancestors. Then came the hardest race of all